The Ramarama languages of

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form a branch of the

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language family. They are Karo, or Ramarama, with 150 speakers, and the extinct

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Varieties

Below is a list of Itogapúc (Ramarama) language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. * Itogapúc / Ntogapyd - once spoken on the Machadinho River, Mato Grosso, now perhaps extinct. * Ramarama / Ytangá - spoken at the sources of the Machadinho River,

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, and Preto River, Mato Grosso. * Urumí - spoken on the Taruma River in Mato Grosso. * Urukú - spoken on the Lourdes River. *Arara - spoken at the mouth of the Preto River and

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, and to the

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References

Tupian languages * {{tupian-lang-stub