Xetá
[aka Aré, Sheta, Cheta]Classification: Tupian
·critically endangered
Classification: Tupian
·critically endangered
Aré, Sheta, Cheta, Šetá, Shetá, Heta, Notobotocudo, Chetá, Setá, Ssetá, Yvaparé, Botocudo |
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Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Guaranian |
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ISO 639-3 |
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xet |
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Information from: “Personal communication on Xetá” . Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral (2014)
The true speakers [of Xetá] were Tucanambá, Tikein. and Kwein. The first two died some years ago. Kuein is still alive but deaf. Aryon [Rodrigues] used to refer to a Xetá woman, Aan (also Ana), as a speaker of Xetá, but now she only speaks Mbya with her husband in her Mbyá community. She has not practiced her native language for a long time. Also, she could not speak with the last male speakers, for cultural reasons. These two ... are in fact the two last people who know the Xetá language.
Only 2 speakers.
Information from: “Censo Demográfico: Características gerais dos indígenas” . Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (2010) Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
8
Speaker number data: (SIL 1990)
No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 8 (1998) (2013).
Parana State, among Kaingang [kgp] group.