Ofayé people

Ofayé people

The Ofayé (also spelled as Opaié or Ofayé) are an indigenous people of Central Brazil. Although their language is listed as extinct by the Ethnologue, it is still spoken by around fifteen individuals. Most Ofayé live in a reservation located in the municipality of Brasilândia, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.


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