Xipaya (or Shipaja or Xipaia) is an endangered language spoken in the Pará region of Brazil.
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| Xipaya | |
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| Region | Brazil |
Native speakers | 1 (2011)[1] |
Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xiy |
| Glottolog | xipa1240 |
| ELP | Xipaya |
It is one of the approximately 70 Tupian languages of South America. At last count, Xipaya was only spoken by two elderly women in Altamira, Pará.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
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| Plosive | b p | d t | k | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Sibilant fricative | z s | ʃ | |||||
| Non-sibilant fricative | h | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Close-mid | e | ||
| Open | a ã |
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