Uru language
Not to be confused with Uru of Ch'imu or Central Kilimanjaro language.
| Uru | |
|---|---|
| Iru Itu | |
| Uchumataqu | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Lake Titicaca, near the Desaguadero River |
| Ethnicity | 590 Uru people (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 2 (2004)[1] |
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Uru–Chipaya
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ure |
| Glottolog |
uruu1244[2] |
The Uru language, more specifically known as Iru-Itu, is the sole surviving language of the Uru people, an indigenous people. In 2004, it had 2 remaining native speakers out of an ethnic group of 140 people in the La Paz Department, Bolivia near Lake Titicaca, the rest having shifted to Aymara and Spanish. The language is close enough to the Chipaya language to sometimes be considered a dialect of that language.
Olson (1964) mentions a variety of Uru, Uru of Ch'imu, spoken on the Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca. It is not clear if this was a dialect of Iru Itu or a separate Uru language.
References
- 1 2 Uru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Uru". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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