Matís

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A language of Brazil

User Population

320 (2008 ISA).

Location

Amazonas state: Atalaia do Norte municipality; on Peru border; Javari valley.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Dialects

None known. Different from Matsés [mcf].

Typology

15 consonants and 6 vowels.

Language Use

Vigorous. A few also use Portuguese [por], having restricted government access.

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Almost died out from disease in the 1980s.