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Araona |
Aymara |
Ayoreo |
Baure |
Canichana |
Cavinena |
Cayubaba |
Chacobo |
Chipaya |
Chiquitano |
Ese
Ejja |
Guarani |
Guarasugwe |
Guarayu |
Itene |
Itonama |
Leco |
Mojeno | Movima |
Pacahuara |
Quechua |
Reyesano |
Siriono |
Tacana
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Tapiete |
Toba |
Toromono |
Tsimane-Moseten |
Uru |
Weenhayek
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Yaminahua
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Yuqui
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Yuracare
| Uru |
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| Indigenous Group |
Uru (Also known as: Morato, Murato, Muratu, Iru-Itu) |
| Location |
Bolivia, Ingavi, Atahuallpa, Cercado, Poopo, Abaroa, Sebastian Pagador, Ladislao Cabrera, Sur carangas, Saucari, Chipaya, El Choro, Pazna, Challapata, Santuario de Quillacas, Santiago de Huari, Pampa Aullagas, Andamarca Toledo |
| Estimated Population |
500 (2005, IPSNEWS) |
| Environment |
Mountain / Plain / Plateau |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Fishing / Paid Labor / Handicraft Sales |
| Level of Assimilation |
Assimiliated |
| Language Family |
Uru (nearly extinct)
Classification: Uru-Chipaya
Alternate names: Morato, Muratu, Iru-Itu |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Uru, A Language of Bolivia
Amazonia Boliviana: Uru
Uprising in Bolivia
Indigenous Lands Turn to Desert
The Andean Uru-Chipaya Languages
Uchumataqu: Research in Progress on the Bolivian Altiplano |
| NGOs |
Minorities at Risk (MAR) |
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