Ofayé language
| Ofayé | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil | 
| Region | Mato Grosso do Sul | 
| Ethnicity | 60 Ofayé people (2006)[1] | 
Native speakers  | 2 (2005)[1] | 
| 
 Macro-Gê
 
  | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | 
opy | 
| Glottolog | 
ofay1240[2] | 
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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 2 Ofayé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
 - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ofayé". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
 
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