Mura language
| Mura | |
|---|---|
| bhũrai-ada, bohuarai-arasé | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Amazonas |
| Ethnicity | 1,500 Mura people (1995) |
Native speakers | (360 cited 2000) mostly monolingual |
| Dialects |
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| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | myp Pirahã (Mura) |
ffg Bohura (not ISO) | |
cvf Yahahi (not ISO) | |
| Glottolog | pira1253 |
The attested extent of Mura and Matanawi | |
Mura is a language of Amazonas, Brazil. It is most famous for Pirahã, its sole surviving dialect. Linguistically, it is typified by agglutinativity, a very small phoneme inventory (around 11 compared to around 44 in English), whistled speech, and the use of tone. In the 19th century, there were an estimated 30,000–60,000 Mura speakers. It is now spoken by only 300 Pirahã people in eight villages.