E’ñapa Woromaipu

PBH

developing

Alternate Names: Abira, Eñapa, Eñepa, Eye, Panare, Panari

Genealogy:

Cariban
South Amazonian

Demographics: 3,540 (2001 census). 2,480 monolinguals. Nearly all women monolingual; men fairly bilingual in Spanish ,. Ethnic population: 4,270 (2001 census).

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–25%. Grammar. NT: 2003.

Typology: OVS, VOS.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Venezuela

Other Comments: Ethnonyn: E’ñepa.