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Arapaso language

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Extinct language of Brazil
Arapaso
Kõ'neá
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas (Brazilian state)
Ethnicity448 Arapásu (2014)[1]
Extinct (date missing)
Tucanoan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 arj
Glottolog arap1275
ELP Arapaso

Arapaso (Arapaso: Kõ'neá, Arapafo)[2] is an extinct, poorly attesed eastern Tucanoan language of Brazil, closely related to Miriti.[3]

Geographic distribution

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Arapaso was spoken in the northwestern Amazonas State in the Upper Río Negro region. Speakers are found in the Vale de Uaupés, within the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory and the Terra Indígena Médio Rio Negro II.[4]

Status

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Arapaso is considered to be a nearly extinct dialect of the Tukano language (the ethnic population was reported as 328 in 2001). All members of the ethnic group were bilingual in Tukano, and the community was undergoing a language shift to it. Younger generations have also received schooling in Portuguese.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Arapaso - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025年10月16日.
  2. ^ Silva, Alcionílio Brüzzi Alves da (1962). A civilização indígena do Uaupés (in Portuguese). São Paulo. pp. 96–97. Retrieved 2025年10月15日.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Arapaso". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025年10月15日.
  4. ^ a b Moseley, Christopher (2008年03月10日). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79640-2 . Retrieved 2025年10月19日.
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