| Uru–Chipaya | |
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| Uruquilla | |
| Ethnicity | Uru |
| Geographic distribution | Lakes Titicaca and Poopo, Bolivia |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
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| Glottolog | uruc1242 |
 Current distribution of Uru-Chipaya-speaking peoples | |
The Uru–Chipaya family is an indigenous language familyofBolivia.
The speakers were originally fishermen on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopó, and the Desaguadero River.
Chipaya has over a thousand speakers and sees vigorous use in the native community, but all other Uru languages or dialects are extinct.
Loukotka (1968) also lists the Chango language, once spoken on the coast of Chile from HuascotoCobijainAntofagasta Province. The population has since been Araucanized.[1]
Stark (1972) proposed a Maya–Yunga–Chipayan macrofamily linking Mayan with Uru–Chipaya and Yunga (Mochica).[2]
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kunza, Pukina, Pano, Jaqi, Kechua, Mapudungun, and Moseten-Tsimane language families due to contact.[3]
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Uro (Uru) and Chipaya.[1]
| gloss | Uro | Chipaya |
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| one | sipi | shintal'a |
| two | pisk'i | pishk |
| three | chepe | chep |
| head | ácha | acha |
| eye | shukui | chuki |
| hand | kárshi | kxara |
| woman | túkũ | txuna |
| water | koási | kuas |
| sun | túñi | túñi |
| maize | tura | tara |
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