Xipaya language

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Xipaya
Spoken in: Brazil
Total speakers: 2
Language family: Tupi
 Xipaya
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: xiy

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.[1]

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