Xipaya language
Encyclopedia
Xipaya 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
.
Endangered language
An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes a dead language. If eventually no one speaks the language at all it becomes an "extinct language"....
spoken in the Pará region of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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It is one of the approximately 70 Tupian languages
Tupian languages
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.-History, members and classification:...
of South America.
At last count, Xipaya was only spoken by two elderly women in Altamira, Pará
Altamira, Pará
Altamira is a city in the state of Pará, in northern Brazil. It is the largest municipality in the Americas by area, and the second in the world, after Jiuquan, China...
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