Alternate Names: Chawiyana, Faruaru, Hichkaryana, Hishkaryana, Hixkariana, Hyxkaryana, Kumiyana, Parucutu, Parukoto-Charuma, Sherewyana, Sokaka, Wabui, Xereu, Xerewyana
Dialects: Reportedly similar to Waiwai ,. No dialectal variation. Some Hixkaryana who live among the Waiwai are called Sherewyana.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 600 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 680 (Moore 2006).
Language Use: Vigorous. Also speak Waiwai [waw] fluently (Crevels 2007). Also use Portuguese [por].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1976.
Typology: OVS.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Brazil
Other Comments: In 1959 the population was about 100, with few children, high infant mortality, low will to live. By 1977 it was 237. Through modern medicine, intermarrying with the Waiwai ,, self-confidence through literature in Hixkaryana, Hixkaryana teachers running a school for children ages 5 to 14, and government help in setting up a Brazil nut industry, they continue to grow.