The Pemon language (or Pemón in Spanish) is an indigenous language of the Cariban family spoken by some 30,000 Pemon people, in Venezuela 's Southeast, particularly in the Canaima National Park , in the Roraima State of Brazil and in Guyana .
5-635: Yuruaní-tepui , also known by the Pemón name Iwalkarima , Iwalecalima or Iwarkárima , is a tepui of the Eastern Tepuis chain primarily situated in Venezuela , while part of the eastern ridge stretches across the border with Guyana and into the contested Essequibo region . It has an elevation of around 2,400 metres (7,900 ft), the high plateau being located entirely within Venezuela, and
10-514: A distinct language). The Pemon language may also be known and designated informally by one of the two dialects Arecuna (or Arekuna ) or Ingariko (or Ingarikó ), or incorrectly under the name Kapon which normally designates another closely related small group of languages. Pemon is one of several other closely related Venezuelan Cariban languages which also include the Macushi and Kapon (or Kapong , also sometimes used by natives to name
15-590: A summit area of 4.38 km (1.69 sq mi). It lies just east of the much smaller Wadakapiapué-tepui . This Tepui is not located in the Canaima National Park unlike most other Tepuis in the area. This article about a location in Venezuela is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pemon language It covers several dialects, including Arecuna (or Arekuna ), Camaracota , Camaracoto , Ingariko (or Ingarikó ), Taulipang , and Taurepan ( Camaracoto may be
20-554: The Pemon language itself, even if Kapon strictly covers only the two Akawaio and Patamona languages). These four languages (including Macushi) form the group of Pemongan (or Pemóng ) languages. The broad Kapon (or Kapong ) and selective Ingariko (or Ingarikó ) terms are also used locally as a common ethnonym grouping Pemón, Akawaio, and Patamono peoples (and sometimes as well the Macushi people), and may be used as well to refer to
25-521: The group of the four Pemongan (or Pemóng ) languages that they speak. The Pemon language's syntax type is SOV with alternation to OVS . Pemon was an oral language until the 20th century. Then efforts were made to produce dictionaries and grammars, primarily by Catholic missionaries, specially Armellada and Gutiérrez Salazar. The Latin alphabet has been used, adding diacritic signs to represent some phonemes not existing in Spanish. Arekuna Pemon has
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