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Name: Uru
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Uro; Morato; Muratu; Iru-Itu; Uru-Chipaya language area; Uru of Iru-Itu; Uchumataqu; Iru-Wit’u
Spoken in: Bolivia
Number of speakers: 2 (Adelaar 2000). Ethnic population: 142 (Adelaar 2000) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 1 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 2 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: ure
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Chipaya-Uru (Uru-Chipaya)
Parent Subgroup: Chipaya-Uru; Uru-Chipaya; Uro; Uruquilla; Pukina; Puquina; Kot'suñ; Morato (urch)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Extinct
Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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