Ofayé language

Ofayé
Native to Brazil
Region Mato Grosso do Sul
Ethnicity 60 Ofayé people (2006)[1]
Native speakers
 2 (2005)[1]
Macro-Gê

  • Ofaie languages

    • Ofayé
Language codes
ISO 639-3 opy
Glottolog ofay1240[2]

The Ofayé or Opaye language, also Ofaié-Xavante, Opaié-Shavante, forms its own branch of the Macro-Gê languages. It is spoken by only a couple of the small Ofayé people, though language revitalization efforts are underway.

References

  1. 1 2 Ofayé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ofayé". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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