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Mapoyo Indian Language

Mapoyo is a Cariban language of South America. It is closely related to the better-known language Eñepa (Panare.) Mapoyo is still spoken by only a few elders in Venezuela. It is an agglutinative language with complex verb morphology.

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Mapoyo Language Resources

Mapoyo Words
Our list of vocabulary words in the Mapoyo language, with comparison to words in other Cariban languages.

AILLA: Mapoyo:
Archive of Mapoyo language recordings available for download.

La Lengua Mapoyo-Yavarana:
Information on Mapoyo and Yabarana including a linguistic map of South America. Page in Spanish.

House of Languages: Mapoyo:
Information about Mapoyo language usage.

House of Languages: Yavarana-Mapoyo:
Information about Mapoyo language usage.

Mapoyo Language:
Demographic information on Mapoyo from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Mapoyo:
Brief Wikipedia entry on the Mapoyo language.

Wanai Language Tree:
Theories about Mapoyo's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Mapoyo Language Structures:
Mapoyo linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Idioma Mapoyo en extincion

Los Mapoyo: Un Pueblo Patriota Ignorado:

Lengua Mapoyo:
Information about the Mapoyos and their language in Spanish.

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