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Languages of Peru

-- Aún así, el número es mayor, pero desproporcionado. -->The following is an incomplete list of languages spoken today, and a number that became extinct in the twentieth century or that are endangered.

Ume Sami language

It is a moribund language with only about 10 native speakers left which used to be spoken mainly along the Ume River in the south of present-day Arjeplog, in Sorsele and Arvidsjaur.

Xakriabá language

Xakriabá (also written Chakriaba, Chikriaba, Shacriaba) is an extinct Ge language formerly spoken in Minas Gerais, Brazil by the Xakriabá people, who today speak Portuguese.


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