Chapacuran languages

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The Chapacuran languages are a nearly extinct Native American language family of South America. There are three living Chapacuran languages, which are spoken in the southeastern Amazon Basin of Brazil and Bolivia. The languages in the family are classified into the Madeira and Guapore groups, based on genetic relationships. All of the languages in the Guapore group are probably extinct, and of the three languages in the Madeira group, two, Oro Win and Torá, have fewer than 100 speakers.

Chapacuran languages

Guapore languages (extinct)

Chapacura language
Cujuna language
Cumana language
Itene language
Kabixí language (probably extinct)
Mataua language
Quitemoca language
Urunumaca language
Wanham language (Uanham language)

Madeira languages

Oro Win language, Brazil; nearly extinct
Torá language, Brazil; nearly extinct
Wari’ language (Pakaásnovos language), Brazil

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