Endangered Languages Project - Zoró

Zoró

^{[aka Zoró, Panginey, Cabeça Seca]}

Classification: Tupian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Zoró, Panginey, Cabeça Seca, Pageyn
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Mondean
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		gvo-zor
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue (Lewis et al. 2016) considers Zoró a dialect of Gavião do Jiparaná. For both together it gives 340 speakers (Moore 2006), and an ethnic population of 520 (2004 Associação de Defensa Etnoambiental).

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
599
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
599

DATE OF INFO: 2008

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
414
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
414
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
According to Crevels (2007), although Zoró, Gavião and Cinta Larga are dialects of the same language (Cinta-Larga), each of these groups sees itself as distinct from the others.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Brazil, Mato Grosso state, Aripuanã area. Terra Indígena Zoró

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-10.173,-59.456

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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge