ELP ID
30339
ELP Language
Arutani
Speaker Number
None
Semi Speakers
2?
Public Comment
Perhaps one or two semi-speakers? Uruák’s status is in doubt; it appears unlikely that any speakers remain; however, this needs urgently to be confirmed. Only 5 remaining speakers were reported in the 1960s, intermarried with Ninam (Yanomaman) speakers (Migliazza 1978:135). Coppens (1970b) reported that the Uruák were highly integrated into Sanuma (Yanomaman) culture and spoke Sanuma in their daily conversations. Laura Perozo (2008:774-5) reported that the sociocultural research team found no speakers of Uruák, but they did encounter one person in the village of Karukén who claimed to be a speaker of both Uruák and Sapé, though it was not possible to verify this.
Source
Three Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) Language Isolates: Máko, Sapé, and Uruák. Supplement to Collaborative Research: Endangered Languages Catalog (ELCat), NSF grant 965088057.
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
0?
Speaker Number Range
Nada