ORO WIN: a language of Brazil

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: ORW

ISO 639-2: sai

Population 5 speakers (1996 D. Everett SIL) out of 55 in the ethnic group (1998). 
Region Headwaters of the Pacaas-Novos River, a tributary of the Mamoré River, along the Brazil-Bolivia border.
Classification Chapacura-Wanham, Madeira.
Comments Related to Tora, Itene (More), and Wari (Pakaasnovos), but not inherently intelligible with them. Bilingualism in Wari. All speakers over 40 years old (1986 D. Everett SIL). VOS. Nearly extinct.

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