Aurá is a possibly extinct language, part of the Tupi language family, last spoken by two individuals in

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named Aurê and Aurá. Both known speakers originally came from

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. The language primarily used

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, with few adjectives or verbs. Aurê has since died, leaving Aurá as the only one in the world speaking the language. Any other information about this tribe is feared to be lost to history.

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* https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/aura/ Tupi–Guarani languages Languages of Brazil Extinct languages of South America Languages extinct in the 2000s {{tupian-lang-stub