Arikapú language
| Arikapú | |
|---|---|
| Maxubí | |
| Arikapú | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco |
| Ethnicity | Arikapú |
Native speakers | 2 (2018) |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ark |
| Glottolog | arik1265 |
| ELP | Arikapú |
Arikapú is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Arikapú (also historically called Mashubi) is an endangered Yabutian language, historically spoken by the Arikapú people in the upper reaches of the Amazon basin. The language is moribund, with only two living speakers, and no one actively learning the language. A bilingual Arikapú-Portuguese dictionary with approximately 1350 words has been compiled, along with a Latin script writing system for the language.