Uru
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A language of Bolivia
Alternate Names
Iru-Itu, Morato, Muratu, Uchumataqu
User Population
No known L1 speakers (Crevels 2012). Last speaker died in 2004 (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 230 (Crevels 2012).
Location
La Paz department: Lake Titicaca, Desaguadero river area; Oruro department: Atahuallpa province.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Typology
26 consonants and 10 vowels (5 short, 5 long).
Language Use
Shifted to Central Aymara [ayr] (Crevels 2007).
There are 3 groups of Uru origin: Chipaya, Iru Itu, Murato. Of these only Chipaya have conserved the language (Crevels 2007).