The Yuruna languages (or Jurúna languages) of
Brazil
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form a branch of the
Tupian
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.
Homeland and ''urheimat''
Rodrigues (2007) considers the Proto-Tupian urheimat to be somewhere between ...
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.
*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
Iriri River
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and
Curua River, now probably extinct.
*Manitsauá / Mantizula - spoken in a single village on the
Manissauá-Miçu River, tributary of the
Xingú River.
The lists
Yudja and the extinct Arupaia (Arupai), Xipaia, Peapaia, Aoku (not identified), and Maritsawá.
Instituto Socioambiental
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References
Tupian languages
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