Murato language

Not to be confused with Candoshi language.
Murato
Chholo
Native to Bolivia
Region near Lake Poopo
Ethnicity Uru people
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog chho1235[1]

Murato is the unattested but presumed language of the Uros of Lake Poopo in Bolivia (Adelaar 2004). The Murato have shifted to Aymara, but preserve some Uru vocabulary.

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Chholo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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