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

1. 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.
2. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka

   . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.

3. https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Yudjá/Juruna Instituto Socioambiental