Tapajó language

The Tapajó language is an extinct and unclassified language. In the 1660s, it, along with the language of the neighboring Urucucú, was used for catechism, as the people did not speak Tupinamba (Lingua geral). Records of the language have been lost. All that remain are three names: Tapajó as the name of the tribe, the name of their chief, Orucurá, and Aura, which was identified with the Christian devil. These names cannot be explained as Tupi ^[1] and nothing appears to have been preserved of the neighboring Urucucú language.^[2]

Tapajó
Tapajocos
Region	Tapajós and Amazon Rivers
Era	attested 17th century
Language family	unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	tapa1261  Tapajó uruc1243  Urucurú

The Tapajós river is named after the Tapajó people.^[3]