Marúbo

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
mzr
Alternate Names
Kaniuá, Marova, Maruba
Population

1,250 (2006 FUNASA).

Location

Amazonas, along headwaters of Curuçá, Ipixuna, and Javarí tributaries, near the Peru border. Large groups in Atalaia do Norte city; smaller groups in Cruzeiro do Sul city.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Panoan, Mainline, Shipibo
Dialects

No comprehension of Matsés (Mayoruna) [mcf] reported. Possibly intelligible of Panoan Katukína [knt].

Language Use

Vigorous. Youth now learn Portuguese [por]; older people know some Quechua and Spanish [spa] (Crevels 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Marúbo