Xipaya language

{{Infobox language

| name = Xipaya

| region = Brazil

| speakers = 1

| date = 2011

| ref = e18

| familycolor = tupian

| fam1 = Tupian

| fam2 = Yurúna

| iso3 = xiy

| glotto = xipa1240

| glottorefname = Xipaya

}}

Xipaya (or Shipaja or Xipaia) is an endangered language spoken in the Pará region of Brazil. It is one of the approximately 70 Tupian languages of South America. At last count, Xipaya was only spoken by two elderly women in Altamira, Pará.

Phonology

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Consonants of Xipaya{{cite web \|title=PHOIBLE 2.0 - Inventory Xipaya (SAPHON 2114) \|url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/2114#tipa \|website=phoible.org \|access-date=6 November 2022}} ! ! Bilabial ! Alveolar ! Post-alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Labial–velar ! Glottal
Plosive \| b p \| d t \| \| \| k \| \|
Nasal \| m \| n \| \| \| \| \|
Sibilant fricative \| \| z s \| ʃ \| \| \| \|
Non-sibilant fricative \| \| \| \| \| \| \| h
Approximant \| \| \| \| j \| \| w \|
Lateral approximant \| \| l \| \| \| \| \|

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|+ Consonants of Xipaya{{cite web |title=PHOIBLE 2.0 - Inventory Xipaya (SAPHON 2114) |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/2114#tipa |website=phoible.org |access-date=6 November 2022}}

!

! Bilabial

! Alveolar

! Post-alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

! Labial–velar

! Glottal

Plosive

| b p

| d t

|

| k

|

Nasal

| m

| n

|

Sibilant fricative

|

| z s

| ʃ

|

Non-sibilant fricative

|

| h

Approximant

|

| j

|

| w

|

Lateral approximant

|

| l

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Vowels of Xipaya ! ! Front ! Central ! Back
Close \| i ĩ \| ɨ ɨ̃ \| u ũ
Close-mid \| e \| \|
Open \| a ã \| \|

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|+ Vowels of Xipaya

!

! Front

! Central

! Back

Close

| i ĩ

| ɨ ɨ̃

| u ũ

Close-mid

| e