Chipaya is a nominativeaccusative sov type language with a relatively free word order. Chipaya has been influenced considerably by aymara, the quechuan languages, and more. Ethnologue lists the language vitality as vigorous, with 1200 speakers out of an ethnic population of around 1800. Mctraux incidental ethnographic notes on the uru are excellent, and undoubtedly our best source on the tribe. The text may be used free of charge for the purposes of advocacy, campaigning, education, and research.
Erebedhel grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. As the uru are today almost wholly extinct, though important to our. The village is situated in a remote area northeast of lake coipasa where the people have maintained special elements of. Uru texts with interlinear and free translation, 1950. Information is presented on major aspects of uru chipaya culture. The genetic history of indigenous populations of the peruvian and. In some countries this may not be legally possible. The author thus identifies pukina, quechua, and aymara as the major lexifier languages of kallawaya, while uruchipaya is a minor lexifier. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, erebedhel. This page was last edited on 3 december 2019, at 11. Chipaya is a village in bolivia located in the sabaya province formerly atahuallpa province of the oruro department. This is a culture summary of the uru and chipaya peoples.