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Sikiana Indian Language

Sikiana is a Carib language of South America.
Sikiana is spoken by no more than 50 people in Brazil and Suriname. It is an agglutinative language with complex verb morphology.

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Sikiana Language Resources

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

Language Map of Suriname and French Guiana:
Map showing where in South America the Sikiana language is spoken.

Sikiana:
Brief Wikipedia article about the Sikiana language.

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

Ethnologue: Sikiana:
Demographic information on the Sikiana language.

Shikuyana Language Tree:
Theories about Sikiana's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Lengua Sikiana:
Information about the Sikiana language in Spanish, including a language map of Brazil.

Tribes of Northeastern Brazil:
Map showing where the Sikiana people live in Brazil.

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