Arapaso language

Arapaso (Arapaso: Kõ'neá)^[2] is an extinct, poorly attesed Tucanoan language, closely related to Miriti.^[3]

Arapaso
Kõ'neá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Ethnicity	448 Arapásu (2014)[1]
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Tucanoan Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern Eastern II Kotiria–Piratapuyo Piratapuyic Arapaso–Miriti Arapaso
Language codes
ISO 639-3	arj
Glottolog	arap1275
ELP	Arapaso

The Arapaso or Arapafo language is an Eastern Tucanoan language of Brazil.

Geographic distribution

Arapaso was spoken in the northwestern Amazonas State in the Upper Río Negro region. Speakers are found in the Vale de Uaupés, within the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory and the Terra Indígena Médio Rio Negro II.^[4]

Status

Arapaso is considered to be a nearly extinct dialect of the Tukano language (the ethnic population was reported as 328 in 2001). All members of the ethnic group were bilingual in Tukano, and the community was undergoing a language shift to it. Younger generations have also received schooling in Portuguese.^[4]