Language | Current population (ethnicity) | Current population (speakers) | Former population estimate | Subsistence preference | Subsistence notes | Density | Sedentism | Ecotome (riverine/interfluvial/coastal/desert/savannah/etc.) | Social hierarchies | Multilingualism (rare/occasional/common) | Contact languages | Marriage pattern | Notes | Source | Created By |
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Baniwa | 6000 | large | AG | dense | sedentary | Riverine | |||||||||
Eñepa | 3500 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | ||||||||||
Makushi | 25000 | large | AG | dense | sedentary | ||||||||||
Sikuani | 23000 | large | HG | medium | mobile | ||||||||||
Cubeo | 6150 | large | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | Phratric exogamy | used as lingua franca | |||||||
Nheengatu | 8000 | large | AG | dense | sedentary | Riverine | exclusively the product of language shift | ||||||||
Sanumá | 5000 | large | HG | medium | seasonal | Interfluvial | |||||||||
Yanomam | 9000 | large | HG | medium | seasonal | Interfluvial | |||||||||
Yanomami | 18000 | large | HG | medium | seasonal | Interfluvial | |||||||||
Makiritare | 6000 | large | AG | medium | sedentary |