Matipu
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|group = Matipu
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|population = 149 (2011)[http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/mehinako "Mehinako: Introduction."] Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 15 March 2012
|popplace = {{Flag|Brazil}} ({{Flag|Mato Grosso}})
|languages = Kuikúro-Kalapálo, formerly Matipuhy[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mzo "Matipuhy."] Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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|related = Kalapalo, Kuikuro, and Nahukuá
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The Matipu people are an indigenous people of Brazil. They live in the southern part of the Xingu Indigenous Park in the state of Mato Grosso. Their a population is estimated at 149 individuals in 2011, up from population of 40 in the 1995 census. They are mainly of animist faith and share many cultural traits with other Xingu peoples.
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The Matipu traditional spoke the Matipu language, a Carib language, but there are only 10 known living speakers (Campbell 2012). They currently speak the Kuikúro-Kalapálo language.
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External links
- [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BR Languages of Brazil] at Ethnologue
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Category:Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Category:Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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