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Name: Xipaya
Alternate Names: Shipaja; Xipaia; Shipaya; Chipaia; Xipáya; Šipaya; Chipaya; Achipaie
Once Spoken in: Brazil
Number of speakers: 2 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 595 (2002 ISA) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 2 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 2 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: xiy
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Tupian (Tupían)
Parent Subgroup: Juruna; Yuruna; Yurunan Subfamily; Jurúnan (yuru)

Endangerment Status


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

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