The Yuruna languages (or Jurúna languages) of

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form a branch of the

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language family. They are Jurúna, Maritsauá, and Xipaya.

Varieties

Below is a list of Yuruna language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. *Yuruna / Paru-podeari - spoken on the middle course of the

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. *Arupai / Urupaya - once spoken on the

south of the Yuruna tribe. (Unattested.) *Shipaya / Achipaya / Jacipoya - once spoken on the

Iriri River The Iriri River ( pt, Rio Iriri, ; Mẽbêngôkre: ''Kororoti'', ) is a large tributary of the Xingu River in Brazil, in the state of Pará. It is long making it the 116th longest river in the world (with Krishna River, India) and the 15th long ...

and Curua River, now probably extinct. *Manitsauá / Mantizula - spoken in a single village on the Manissauá-Miçu River, tributary of the

. The lists Yudja and the extinct Arupaia (Arupai), Xipaia, Peapaia, Aoku (not identified), and Maritsawá.Instituto Socioambiental
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References

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