Alternate Names: Alukuyana, Oayana, Oiana, Oyana, Roucouyenne, Uaiana, Upurui, Wajana
Dialects: None known. Partially intelligible of Apalaí ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 500 in Suriname (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 850. Ethnic population: 500 (Crevels 2007).
Language Use: Actively spoken in geographically distant and isolated villages (Crevels 2007). Sranantongo [srn] is used in trade relations (Crevels 2007).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1979.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Suriname
Other Comments: Christian.