Wayoró

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A language of Brazil

Alternate Names
Ajurú, Ayurú, Uaiora, Wajaru, Wayurú
User Population

8 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 94 (Crevels 2012).

Location

Rondônia state: Pororoca post, Guapore river.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Typology

14 consonants and 20 vowels, contrasting in length and nasality.

Language Use

Low ethnolinguistic vitality. Shifted to Portuguese [por].