Matis

Language

Languagelanguage modern languageQ3299145

Also known as Matis language

Speakers: 320(2008)
Subclass of: Panoan
Indigenous to: Amazonas

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Matis is a language spoken by the indigenous Matis people in the state of Amazonas in Brazil, on the border of Brazil and Peru. There are currently an estimated 350 Matis speakers. Matis language has a high level of transmission, especially among women and children, who are generally monolingual in Matis only. Portuguese is spoken by older Matis men for trade purposes.

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UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable
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1.Stated in Red Book of Endangered Languagesunesco.org/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-1810.htmlRetrieved 2018-06-24
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Ethnologue language status: 6a Vigorous
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/mpqRetrieved 2019-05-09
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Country: Brazil
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1.“ScriptSource - Brazil”scriptsource.org/country/BRRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Has phoneme: voiceless retroflex affricate
voiceless alveolar stop
open front unrounded vowel
close-mid back rounded vowel

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