Xipaya language
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| Xipaya | |
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| Region | Brazil |
Native speakers | 1 (2011)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | xiy |
| Glottolog | xipa1240 |
Xipaya (or Shipaja or Xipaia) is an endangered language spoken in the Pará region of Brazil.
It is one of the approximately 70 Tupian languages of South America. At last count, Xipaya was only spoken by two elderly women in Altamira, Pará.
References
- ^ Xipaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
