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Name: Pirahã
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Pirahán; Piraha; Múra-Pirahã; Mura-Piraha; Mura; Bohura; Pirahá; Mra-Pirah
Spoken in: Brazil
Number of speakers: 360 (2000 ISA). Ethnic population: 1,500 (1995 SIL). Pirahã small group, Múra larger (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 389 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 150 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: myp
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Muran
Parent Subgroup: Muran; Mura; Muran Isolate (mura)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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