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Xipaya
RegionBrazil
Native speakers1 (2011)
Language familyTupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3xiy
Glottologxipa1240
ELPXipaya

Xipaya (or Shipaja or Xipaia) is an endangered language spoken in the Pará region of Brazil. It is one of the approximately 70 Tupian languages of South America. At last count, Xipaya was only spoken by two elderly women in Altamira, Pará.

Phonology

Consonants of Xipaya
Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Labial–velar Glottal
Plosive b p d t k
Nasal m n
Sibilant fricative z s ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative h
Approximant j w
Lateral approximant l
Vowels of Xipaya
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Close-mid e
Open a ã

References

  1. Xipaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "PHOIBLE 2.0 - Inventory Xipaya (SAPHON 2114)". phoible.org. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

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Languages of Brazil
Official language
Regional languages
Indigenous
languages
Arawakan
Arawan
Cariban
Panoan
Macro-Jê
Nadahup
Tupian
Chapacuran
Tukanoan
Nambikwaran
Others
Interlanguages
Sign languages
Non-official
Tupian languages
Arikem
Tupari
Mondé
Puruborá–
Ramarama
Yuruna
Munduruku
Maweti–Guarani
Aweti–Guarani
Tupi–Guarani
Guarani (I)
Guarayu (II)
Tupi (III)
Tenetehara (IV)
Xingu (V)
Kawahíb (VI)
Kamayurá (VII)
Northern (VIII)
Proto-languages
Italics indicate extinct languages


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