Sikiana language

{{short description|Carib language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Sikiana

| nativename = {{lang|mul|Kaxuiâna (Katxúyana)}}

| states = Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela

| region =

| ethnicity = Sikiana

| speakers = 33 in Brazil

| date = 1986

| speakers2 = 15 in Suriname (2001)

| ref = e18

| familycolor = cariban

| fam1 = Cariban

| fam2 = Parukotoan

| fam3 = Sikiana–Salumá?

| lc1 = sik

| ld1 = Shikuyana (Sikiana)

| lc2 = kbb

| ld2 = Warikyana (Kaxuiâna)

| glotto = siki1239

| glottoname = Sikiana

| glotto2 = kaxu1237

| glottoname2 = Kaxuiâna

| glotto3 = paux1235

| glottoname3 = Pauxi

| ELP2 = 3099

| ELPname2 = Katxúyana

| dia2 = Warikyana {{extinct}}

| dia1 = Sikiana

}}

Sikiana, or Kashuyana (also called Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikïiyana, Xikiyana, Xikujana{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sik|title=Ethnologue: Sikiana|website=Ethnologue: Languages of the World|access-date=14 October 2019}}) is a Carib language that is spoken by 33 people in Brazil and 15 people in Suriname. It was spoken in Venezuela at one time and is now probably extinct there. The Warikyana dialect became extinct around 2000, and the language frequently goes by the name of the surviving dialect, Sikiana.