Also Known As:
Pirahán, Piraha, Múra-Pirahã, Mura-Piraha, Pirahá
Dialects & Varieties
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
360
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
1,500
Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Brazil
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Portuguese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Very few
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin
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Recent Resources
Review of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle, the 2008 book by
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.