Iñapari is a critically endangered indigenous South American language spoken by just four people in

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along the Las Piedras river near the mouth of the Sabaluyoq river. The language is already extinct in neighboring

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. All four remaining speakers are bilingual in Spanish and none have any children, which will likely lead to its extinction once the speakers die. The Iñapari language currently has a published dictionary.Datos de la lengua Iñapari.
Parker, Stephen G., compiler. 1995. Documento de Trabajo, 27. Yarinacocha: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 208 p.A sketch of Iñapari phonology
Parker, Steve. 1999. International Journal of American Linguistics 65: 1-39. The Pacaguara (Pacahuara) dialect described by Mercier was at least ethnically distinct. (But see Pacaguara language.)

Phonology

According to Parker, Iñapari has eleven consonants and six vowels. The status of the lateral as a phoneme is considered dubious as is found in few words and may be a phonetic variant of /r/. Iñapari's six vowels are /i e a ï o u/, where /ï/ is a high back unrounded vowel.

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Ethnologue language map, Iñapari has reference number 40
Languages of Peru Languages of Bolivia Arawakan languages Critically endangered languages Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas {{Arawakan-lang-stub