public_comment: "Ethnologue lists Karajá as a single language, but with alternate names: Xambioá, Chamboa, Ynã, and with Javaé (Javahe) as a dialect of Karajá. Rodrigues (1999: 167) also lists only Karajá. Ribeiro (2006) also has it as a single language, but includes four dialects: Southern Karajá, Northern Karajá, Javaé, and Xambioá. Campbell (2012:94) distinguishes Karajá and Javaé (Javaje, Javae) as separate languages. Crevels (2012) distinguishes 3 languages:
Javaé (Karajá): 800? speakers, 1,208 population (2006);
Karajá (Carajá, Iny): 2,250 speakers, 2,532 population (2006);
Xambioá (Karajá do Norte, Ixybiowa, Iraru Mahãdu): 10 speakers, 269 population (2006).",