Yuruna languages explained
| Yuruna |
| Also Known As: | Jurúna |
| Region: | Brazil |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Tupian |
| Glotto: | yuru1262 |
| Glottorefname: | Yuruna |
The Yuruna languages (or Jurúna languages[1]) of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family.
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 lists Yudja and the extinct Arupaia (Arupai), Xipaia, Peapaia, Aoku (not identified), and Maritsawá.[3]
Notes and References
- Carvalho, Fernando O. de. 2019. Revisitando o Proto-Jurúna: a reconstrução da série de oclusivas orais. In: Oliveira, Edna dos Santos; Eduardo A. Vasconcelos; Romário D. Sanches (eds.) Estudos Linguísticos na Amazônia. Campinas: Pontes Editores.
- Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka
. Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.
- https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Yudjá/Juruna Instituto Socioambiental
