Arikapú language

Arikapú or Maxubí is an endangered Yabutian language.

Arikapú
Maxubí
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco
Ethnicity32 (2009)
Native speakers
2 (2009)
Macro-Gê ?
  • Yabutian
    • Arikapú
Language codes
ISO 639-3ark
Glottologarik1265
ELPArikapú
Arikapú is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Loukotka (1968) lists Arikapú and Maxubí as separate languages. Arikapú is spoken on the Branco River south of the Tuparí tribe. Maxubí is spoken on the Mequéns River.

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