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Amanayé language

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Native to
  
Brazil

Extinct
  
by 2001?

Ethnicity
  
Amanayé people

Region
  
Pará, São Domingos do Capim

Language family
  
Tupian Tupi–Guaraní Xingu Amanayé

ISO 639-3
  
Either: ama – Amanaye xaj – Ararandewara

Amanayé (Amanaje) is a possibly extinct Tupi language last spoken in the town of São Domingos on the Capim River in Pará State, Brazil. The closely related but possibly distinct language is Ararandewara, which is spoken at the headwaters of the Moju River (Lang 1914).

References

Amanayé language Wikipedia