Katawixi language
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| Katawixi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Amazonas |
| Ethnicity | 250 (2006)[1] |
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Native speakers
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10 (2006)[1] |
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Harákmbut–Katukinan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xat |
| Glottolog | kata1270[2] |
Katawixi (Catawishi) is a Katukinian language formerly spoken in Amazonas, 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).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Katawixi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Katawixi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. In Language Documentation & Conservation, v 4, p 183 [1]
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