The Yuruna languages (or Jurúna languages[1]) of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family.

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They are Jurúna, Maritsauá, and Xipaya.

Varieties

Below is a list of Yuruna language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties.[2]

• Yuruna / Paru-podeari - spoken on the middle course of the Xingú River.
• Arupai / Urupaya - once spoken on the Xingú River south of the Yuruna tribe. (Unattested.)
• Shipaya / Achipaya / Jacipoya - once spoken on the Iriri River and Curua River, now probably extinct.
• Manitsauá / Mantizula - spoken in a single village on the Manissauá-Miçu River, tributary of the Xingú River.

The Instituto Socioambiental [pt] lists Yudja and the extinct Arupaia (Arupai), Xipaia, Peapaia, Aoku (not identified), and Maritsawá.[3]

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