Endangered Languages Project - Zo'é

Zo'é

^{[aka Zoé, Jo'é, Buré]}

Classification: Tupian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Zoé, Jo'é, Buré, Poturu, Poturujara, Putur, Tupí of Cuminapanema
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Northern Tupi-Guaranian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		pto; zoee1240
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Zo’é (Brazil) – Language Snapshot” . Nilton Hitotuzi, Wilson de Lima Silva, Onesimo Martins de Castro (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
310
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2019

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: The Zo’é people have a strong sense of identity
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: The Brazilian government has designated an area Terra Indígena Zo’é
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The FUNAI (The National Indian Foundation) restricts access to the Zo’é people.

PLACES: Speakers live in the municipality of Óbidos, State of Pará, Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data on speaker number: (1998 ISA)
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 1998

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Para State, Obidos municipality, Cuminapanema River.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
152
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
152
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1997, all Zo’é were still monolingual speakers of their native language. Now that the Zo’é have definitively come out of isolation, the language is seriously endangered.

DATE OF INFO: 1998

PLACES: Brazil, Pará state

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: between the Cuminapanema and Erepecuru rivers, Oriximina Municipality, Terra Indígena Cuminapanema/Urukuriana

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
177
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
216
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
221

DATE OF INFO: 2010

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
177
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
177

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
136
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Zo’é (Brazil) – Language Snapshot” . Nilton Hitotuzi, Wilson de Lima Silva, Onesimo Martins de Castro (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing