Language
Documentation of the Urarina language, which has been classified as a language isolate or unclassified language by Terrence Kaufman (1990) is now under-way. Linguistic work among the Urarina was first pioneered by SIL International. The Urarina continue to tell elaborate myths and stories about the violence that they experience from outsiders, which historically has included forced-labor conscription, rape, disease, concubinage, and abusive treatment at the hands of outsiders. Portions of the Bible were first published in Urarina in 1973; however, the complete Bible is not published.
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