Jurunan Languages
The Yuruna languages (or Jurúna languages) of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian languages, Tupian language family. They are Jurúna language, Jurúna, Maritsauá language, Maritsauá, and Xipaya language, Xipaya. Varieties Below is a list of Yuruna language varieties listed by Čestmír Loukotka, Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. *Yuruna / Paru-podeari - spoken on the middle course of the Xingú River. *Arupai / Urupaya - once spoken on the Xingú River south of the Yuruna tribe. (Unattested.) *Shipaya / Achipaya / Jacipoya - once spoken on the Iriri River and Curuá River (Amazon River), Curua River, now probably extinct. *Manitsauá / Mantizula - spoken in a single village on the Manissauá-Miçu River, tributary of the Xingú River. The lists Yudja and the extinct Arupaia (Arupai), Xipaia, Peapaia, Aoku (not identified), and Maritsawá. References

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