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Kuruaya language

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Kuruáya
RegionBrazil
Ethnicity130 Kuruaya (2006)[1]
Extinct2010[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyr
Glottologkuru1309
ELPKuruaya

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 and could very well be dead by now, rendering the language possibly extinct.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kuruáya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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  • 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.