Kuruáya is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the state of Pará, in the Amazon region of Brazil. There is only one fluent speaker of Kuruáya, Odete Iawa, who is in her eighties or nineties or older. She was alive as of August 2020.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Kuruaya language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Iawa: The Unfinished Kuruaya Symphony". Terralingua. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  3. ^ "The profound silence of the Kuruaya: Extractivism accelerates cultural extinction in Brazil". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Kuruáya". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru%C3%A1ya_language
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