Xipaya language

Xipaya (or Shipaja or Xipaia) is an endangered language spoken in the Pará region of Brazil.

Xipaya
RegionBrazil
Native speakers
1 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xiy
Glottologxipa1240
ELPXipaya[2]

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
  1. Xipaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Xipaya.


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