Uru–Chipaya languages
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| Uru–Chipaya | |
|---|---|
| Uruquilla | |
| Ethnicity | Uru |
| Geographic distribution | Lakes Titicaca and Poopo, Bolivia |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | uruc1242[1] |
 Current distribution of Uru-Chipaya-speaking peoples | |
The Uru–Chipaya family is an indigenous language family of Bolivia.
The speakers were originally fishermen on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopo, and the Desaguadero River.
Chipaya has over a thousand speakers and sees vigorous use in the native community, but all other Uru languages or dialects are extinct.
References[edit]
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Uru–Chipaya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
