Paumarí language

Paumarí
Pamoari
Native toPeru, Brazil
Ethnicity870 Paumarí (2000)
Native speakers
290 (2007)
Arauan
  • Paumarí
Language codes
ISO 639-3pad
Glottologpaum1247
ELPPaumarí

Paumarí (also Paumari, Purupuru, Kurukuru, Pamari, Purupurú, Pammari, Curucuru, Palmari) is an Arauan language spoken in Brazil by about 300 older adults out of an ethnic population of 900. It is spoken by the Paumari Indians, who call their language "Pamoari".