Arikapú language

Arikapú
Arikapú
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco
Ethnicity37 Arikapú (2014)
Native speakers
2 (2009)
Macro-Gê ?
Dialects
  • Arikapu
  • Maxubí
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ark
Glottologarik1265
ELPArikapú
Arikapú is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Arikapú or Maxubí is an endangered Yabutian language.

Loukotka (1968) lists Arikapú and Maxubí as separate languages. Arikapú is spoken on the Branco River south of the Tuparí tribe. Maxubí was spoken on the Mequéns River, and went extinct some time after 1968.