Yawalapití language

Yawalapiti
Jaulapiti, Agavotaguerra
Native toBrazil
RegionXingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
EthnicityYawalapiti, Agavotaguerra ?
Native speakers
8 (2006)
extinct (Agavotaguerra)
Arawakan
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3yaw – inclusive code
Individual code:
avo – Agavotaguerra
Glottologyawa1261  Yawalapití
agav1236  Agavotaguerra (bibliographic info)
ELP

Yawalapiti (Jaulapiti) is an Arawakan language of Brazil. The Agavotaguerra (Agavotoqueng) reportedly spoke the same language. Speakers of the language live in a village along the edge of the river Tuatuari, a tributary of the Kuluene River, located in the southern part of the Xingu Indigenous Park (Upper Xingu), in the state of Mato Grosso.