Uru–Chipaya languages
Uru–Chipaya | |
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Uruquilla | |
Ethnicity | Uru |
Geographic distribution | Lakes Titicaca and Poopo, Bolivia |
Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | uruc1242[1] |
Current distribution of Uru-Chipaya-speaking peoples |
The Uru–Chipaya family is an indigenous language family of Bolivia.
The speakers were originally fishermen on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopo, and the Desaguadero River.
Chipaya has over a thousand speakers and sees vigorous use in the native community, but all other Uru languages or dialects are extinct.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Uru–Chipaya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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