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Katawixi language

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Native to
  
Brazil

Ethnicity
  
250 (2006)

ISO 639-3
  
xat

Region
  
Amazonas

Native speakers
  
10 (2006)

Language family
  
Harákmbut–Katukinan Katukinian Katawixi

Katawixi (Catawishi) is a Katukinian language formerly spoken in Amazonas, Brazil. It is nearly extinct among the known populations of Katawixi people, though an uncontacted group nearby may be Katawixi-speaking (Queixalós & Anjos G.S. 2007:29, cited in Hammarström 2010:194).

References

Katawixi language Wikipedia