Yuruna languages

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Yuruna
Jurúna
Geographic
distribution
Brazil
Linguistic classificationTupian
  • Yuruna
Glottologyuru1262

The Yuruna languages (or Jurúna languages[1]) of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian 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.[2]

  • 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
    Curua River
    , now probably extinct.
  • Manitsauá / Mantizula - spoken in a single village on the
    Xingú River
    .

The

Yudja and the extinct Arupaia (Arupai), Xipaia, Peapaia, Aoku (not identified), and Maritsawá.[3]

References

  1. ^ Carvalho, Fernando O. de. 2019. Revisitando o Proto-Jurúna: a reconstrução da série de oclusivas orais. In: Oliveira, Edna dos Santos; Eduardo A. Vasconcelos; Romário D. Sanches (eds.) Estudos Linguísticos na Amazônia. Campinas: Pontes Editores.
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  3. ^ Instituto Socioambiental