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Pirahã language

Pirahã (ISO 639-3 code myp) is a language isolate spoken in Brazil. It has about 389 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as vulnerable.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codemyp
Glottocodepira1253
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaSouth America
CountriesBrazil
Speakers (estimate)389
EndangermentVulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Pirahã

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.