Xipaya language

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.

Xipaya
Region	Brazil
Native speakers	1 (2011)[1]
Language family	Tupian Yurúna Xipaya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xiy
Glottolog	xipa1240
ELP	Xipaya

Phonology

Consonants of Xipaya^[2]

	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

Vowels of Xipaya^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Close-mid	e
Open	a ã