Makurap | |
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Macurapi | |
Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | 130 (2007) [1] |
Native speakers | (45 cited 1992) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mpu |
Glottolog | maku1278 |
ELP | Makurap |
Makurap (Macurapi) is a Tupian language of Brazil.
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.
The Tuparí languages of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family.
Akuntsu is a Tupian language of Brazil. Peaceful contact with the Akuntsu people was only made in 1995; they had been massacred by cattle ranchers in the 1980s.
Tuparí is an indigenous language of Brazil. It is one of six Tupari languages of the Tupian language family. The Tuparí language, and its people, is located predominantly within the state of Rondônia, though speakers are also present in the state of Acre on the Terra Indıgena Rio Branco. There are roughly 350 speakers of this language, with the total number of members of this ethnic group being around 600.
Mekéns (Mekem), or Amniapé, is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil.