ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

South America · ISO 639-3 yuz · Glottocode yura1255

Yuracaré

Yuracaré broadens the comparative view of South America: shifting status, classification as a language isolate, and likely script Latin.

Language family
Language isolate
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
South America
Source country codes
BO
Reference point
-16.748, -65.122

Open research question

How do speakers of Yuracaré describe their linguistic boundaries, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.