Kuruaya language

Moribund Tupian language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kuruáya is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the state of Pará, in the Amazon region of Brazil. There is only one fluent speaker of Kuruáya, Odete Iawa, who is in her eighties or nineties or older. She was alive as of August 2020.[2][3]

RegionBrazil
Ethnicity130 Kuruaya (2006)[1]
Native speakers
1 (2020)
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Kuruáya
RegionBrazil
Ethnicity130 Kuruaya (2006)[1]
Native speakers
1 (2020)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyr
Glottologkuru1309
ELPKuruaya
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