Mekéns language
| Mekens | |
|---|---|
| Sakirabiá, Mekem | |
| Mequéns | |
| Region | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | 219 Mekens/Sakurabiat (2014) |
Native speakers | 22 (2014) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skf |
| Glottolog | saki1248 |
| ELP | Mekéns |
The Mekéns language (Mekem), or Amniapé, is a highly endangered Brazilian indigenous language belonging to the Tupi language trunk, and classified as one of the five surviving languages of the Tupari sub-family. The language is spoken by approximately 25 people (ibid) in the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of northwestern Brazil, straddling the border with neighbouring Bolivia.