Kuruaya language

Kuruáya
Kuruáya
Region	Brazil
Ethnicity	130 Kuruaya (2006)
Native speakers	1 (2020)
Language family	Tupian Munduruku Kuruáya; ;
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. 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]

References

^ 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.

External links

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.

[e25-1] Kuruaya language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Iawa: The Unfinished Kuruaya Symphony". Terralingua. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

[3] "The profound silence of the Kuruaya: Extractivism accelerates cultural extinction in Brazil". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

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