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Name: Suyá
Type: Language
Alternate Name: Suya
Spoken in: Brazil
Number of speakers: 330 (2002 ISA). 334 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (ISA 1995) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 409 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 196 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: suy
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Jean (Gêan, Jêan, Ye, Ge, Je)
Parent Subgroup: Northeastern Jê; Northern Jean; Northeastern Jean; Northwest Ge; Northern Jê; Northern; Northeastern branch (nwge)
Child Dialects: Beiço de Pau; Tapayúna; Tapayuna (suy-bdp) Yaruma; Jarumá; Waiku (suy-tar)

Endangerment Status


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

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