Macushi language
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| Macushi | ||
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| Spoken in: | Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela | |
| Total speakers: | 24,600 | |
| Language family: | Cariban Northern Carib Macushi-Kapon Macushi |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | car | |
| ISO 639-3: | mbc | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Macushi is spoken by 15,000 Brazilians and 24,600 around the world. 100% of the 9,000 ethnic Macushi Guyanese are fluent, there are 600 speakers in Venezuela. Also known as Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Macusi, Macussi, Teweya, Teueia.
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