Miriti

A language of Brazil

ISO 639: mmv
Alternate Names: Baniva de rio Içana, Baníwa do Içana, Buia-Tapuya, Búia-tapúya, Dyuremáwa, Dzúreme, Dzúremene, Miriti Tapuyo, Miriti-Tapuia, Mirity-Tapuya, Neenoá, Neenöa, Yiboia-tapuya, Yibóya-tapúya
Population: No known L1 speakers. Survived into the 1980s. Ethnic population: 75 (Crevels 2012).
Location:: Amazonas state: Pari-Cachoeira, Taracua.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Tucanoan
Language Use: Shifted to Tucano [tuo].
Other Comments: ‘Tapuya’ comes from the Tupí word for enemy.

Location: Amazonas state: Pari-Cachoeira, Taracua.