Alternate Names: Macusi, Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Teueia, Teweya
Dialects: None known. Not intelligible with Pemon , or Patamona ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 16,500 in Brazil (Moore 2006). Population total all countries: 18,030. Ethnic population: 23,400 (2001 FUNASA).
Language Use: Most still speak the language (Crevels 2007). Increasing in Portuguese [por].
Language Development: NT: 1996.
Typology: OVS.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Brazil