Matís

A language of Brazil

ISO 639: mpq
Population: 320 (2008 ISA).
Location:: Amazonas state: Atalaia do Norte municipality; on Peru border; Javari valley.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Panoan, Mayoruna-Matsés
Dialects: None known. Different from Matsés [mcf].
Typology: 15 consonants and 6 vowels.
Language Use: Vigorous. A few also use Portuguese [por], having restricted government access.
Language Development: Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Matís
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Almost died out from disease in the 1980s.

Location: Amazonas state: Atalaia do Norte municipality; on Peru border; Javari valley.