The Maropa people are an

ethnic group An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, re ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

. There were 4,505 of them in 2012 of whom 57 speak the

Maropa language Reyesano, or Chirigua (Chiriba), is a nearly extinct Tacanan language that was spoken by only a few speakers, including children, in 1961 in Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located i ...

natively.

References

Ethnic groups in Bolivia {{SouthAm-ethno-group-stub