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
Altamira is one of one hundred and forty-four Municipality, municipalities in the state of Pará, in northern Brazil. It has an area of , making it the largest municipality by area both in Pará state and Brazil, and until 2009 it was the world' ...
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Phonology
References
External links
* ELAR archive o
Documentation of Urgently Endangered Tupian Languages (including Xipaya)
Tupian languages
Endangered Tupian languages
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