User:Martitay/sandbox

Emerillon

There are roughly four hundred speakers of Emerillon and they are located mainly in the West, close to the Surinam border, and in the East, close to the Brazilian border. (Instead of saying all of that in the first sentence maybe you could say something along the lines of: Emerillon is a language that is only used on the borders of Suriname and Brazil. There are only four hundred people in the world that speak Emerillon.) Although there are a limited number of speakers, Emerillon is still taught as a first language to children. There are other languages such as Wayampi, French, and Guianan Creole that have more prominence in the region, but the Emerillon language still prevails in its current population (I do not think that this sentence should be in the lead paragraph because it does not seem too relevant. Think about moving it into a different paragraph.).

Its name derives from mereñõ, which is a name given to the members of the Emerillon tribe. They often refer to themselves as Teko people which translates to "human being" in Wayãpi. (I would put this in with this lead paragraph instead of the sentence I suggest you remove. I would also suggest that you close out the lead paragraph with a sentence about the implications of the loss of this language)