Miriti

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
mmv
Alternate Names
Baniva de rio Içana, Baníwa do Içana, Buia-Tapuya, Búia-tapúya, Dyuremáwa, Dzúreme, Dzúremene, Miriti Tapuyo, Miriti-Tapuia, Mirity-Tapuya, Neenoá, Neenöa, Yiboia-tapuya, Yibóya-tapúya
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Survived into the 1980s. Ethnic population: 75 (Crevels 2012).

Location

Amazonas state: Pari-Cachoeira, Taracua.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Tucanoan
Language Use

Shifted to Tucano [tuo].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Miriti
Other Comments

‘Tapuya’ comes from the Tupí word for enemy.