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Katawixi language

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Katawixi
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Ethnicity250 (2006)[1]
Native speakers
10 (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xat
Glottologkata1270
ELPKatawixi

Katawixi(Catawishi) is aKatukinianlanguage formerly spoken inAmazonas,Brazil.It is nearly extinct among the known populations of Katawixi people, though an uncontacted group nearby may be Katawixi-speaking (Queixalós & Anjos G.S. 2007:29, cited in Hammarström 2010:194).[2] Only a handful of isolated tribes still speak this language.

References[edit]

  1. ^abKatawixiatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. InLanguage Documentation & Conservation,v 4, p 183[1]