Kuruaya language
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| Kuruáya | |
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| Region | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | 130 Kuruaya (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 1 (2020) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kyr |
| Glottolog | kuru1309 |
| ELP | Kuruaya |
Kuruáya is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the state of Pará, in the Amazon region of Brazil. As of August 2020, there is only one fluent speaker of Kuruáya, Odete Iawa, who is in her eighties or nineties or older.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Kuruaya language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ "Iawa: The Unfinished Kuruaya Symphony". Terralingua. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "The profound silence of the Kuruaya: Extractivism accelerates cultural extinction in Brazil". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ Belmaker, Genevieve. "Land and language: Indigenous cultures key to protecting Amazon biodiversity". news.mongabay.com. doi:10.66709/news-236561. Archived from the original on 2026-05-13. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
External links
[edit]- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Kuruáya". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
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