Wajiara

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Vaupés department: Upper Paca river (Papurí river tributary); Caño Yi and Caño Tuy rivers (Vaupes river tributaries).

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Brazil

Language NameWajiara

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Brazil. Last known speakers likely survived into the 2000s (Crevels 2012).

Location

Amazonas state: Iauarete.

Alternate Names

Jurití, Juruti, Juruti-Tapuia, Luruty-Tapuya, Wajiaraye, Yuriti-Tapuia, Yurutí

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Language Use

Shifted to Portuguese [por].