Also Known As:
Pirahán, Piraha, Múra-Pirahã, Mura-Piraha, Pirahá
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Review of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle, the 2008 book by
The wikipedia page for the Pirahã language.
This speech, slightly modified for this publication, was delivered by Daniel Everett at the 32nd ann
Vulnerable
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
389
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
-1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.