Waiwai language

Waiwai
Native toBrazil, Guyana, Suriname
EthnicityWai-Wai
Native speakers
(2,200 cited 1990–2006)
Cariban
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3waw
Glottologwaiw1244
ELP

Waiwai /ˈww/ (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana and Suriname.

Katawiana, or Parukuto, is a dialect; Karahawyana is unattested but may be the same.