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{{Short description|Cariban language of Suriname}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} 
{{Infobox language
| name             = Akuriyó
| nativename       = 
| states           = [[Suriname]]
| region           = 
| ethnicity        = 40 [[Akurio people]] (2012)<ref name=e25/>
| extinct          = 2000s
| speakers2        = 2 semi-speakers (2012)
| ref              = e25
| familycolor      = American
| fam1             = [[Cariban languages|Cariban]]
| fam2             = Guianan Carib
| fam3             = [[Taranoan languages|Taranoan]]
| fam4             = Tiriyo
| iso3             = ako
| glotto           = akur1238
| glottorefname    = Akurio
}}

'''Akurio,''' also known as '''Akuriyó,''' is an [[Endangered language|endangered]] [[Cariban language]] that was used by the [[Akurio people]] in [[Suriname]] until the late 20th century, when the group began using the [[Trío language]]. Akuriyo does not have a [[writing system]].

==Status==
The last native speaker is believed to have died in the first decade of the 2000s, at which time only 10 people were estimated to have Akuriyó as a second language. By 2012, only two semi-speakers remained.<ref name=e25/>

Sepi Akuriyó, one of the last surviving speakers of Akuriyó, went missing 2 December 2018, when a small plane carrying 8 people disappeared during a flight over the [[Amazon rainforest]]. A search and rescue operation was called off after two weeks.<ref>{{cite news|title=A scandal in the Amazon - where pilots are forced to lie|date=18 March 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47585703|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=18 March 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Languages of Suriname}}
{{Cariban languages}}


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[[Category:Languages of Suriname]]
[[Category:Cariban languages]]
[[Category:Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas]]


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