Editing Arawak (section)

===Lokono===
In the 21st century, about 10,000 Lokono live primarily in Guyana, with smaller numbers present in Venezuela, Suriname, and French Guiana.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://dice.missouri.edu/assets/docs/awarak/Lokono.pdf | title = Lokono | website = DICE Missouri | access-date = 2024-06-27 }}</ref> Despite colonization, the Lokono population is growing.<ref>{{cite book |last= Olson |first= James Stewart |year= 1991 |title= The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethno-historical Dictionary |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=175c4xOpLtYC&q=Locono|publisher= Greenwood |page= 211 |isbn= 0313263876 |access-date= 16 June 2014}}</ref>

In addition, attempts to save the [[Lokono language]], classified as critically-endangered, have been undertaken. An assessment published by [[Language Documentation and Conservation]] in 2015 determined the number of ethnic speakers who are fluent in the language had declined to approximately five percent of the known population.<ref>{{cite journal
	| last1 = Rybka
	| first1 = Konrad
	| last2 = 
	| first2 = 
	| date = Jan 1, 2015
	| title = State-of-The-Art in the Development of Lokono
	| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303288522
	| journal = Language Documentation and Conservation
	| volume = 9
	| issue = 
	| pages = 110–133
	| access-date = December 30, 2024
}}</ref>