Sapará language

Not to be confused with the Sápara language, also of the Amazon.
Sapará
Zapara
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima
Extinctlate 20th century
Cariban
  • Paravilyana
    • Sapará
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsapa1254
Sapará is classified as Extinct according to the criteria of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Sapará (Zapara) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Kaufman (2007) placed it in his Paravilyana branch.[1] It was still spoken in 1968.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gildea, Spike (2003). "Proposing a new branch for the Cariban language family" (PDF). Amerindia. 28.
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.


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