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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Brazil > Matipuhy

Matipuhy

An extinct language of Brazil

ISO 639-3mzo

Population  No known speakers. Ethnic population: 119.
Region  Mato Grosso, Xingú Park.
Alternate names   Mariape-Nahuqua, Matipu
Dialects  Matipuhy, Nahukuá (Nakukwa, Nafukwá, Nahuqua).
Classification  Carib, Southern, Xingu Basin
Comments  Shifted to Kuikúro-Kalapálo [kui]. Fishermen; hunters; swidden agriculturalists: manioc, maize.