Endangered Languages Project - Tembé

Tembé

^{[aka Tenetehára, Tenetehára, Timbé]}

Classification: Tupian

·

severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tenetehára, Tenetehára, Timbé
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Teneteharan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tqb
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Pindare Mearim Tembe of Gurupi Zutiua
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (5)

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,425

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
180
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
820
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (2000 SIL). Ethnic population data: (1999 ISA).

150 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 880 (Crevels 2007). Tembé: 820 (1999), Turiwara: 60 (1998) (2013).

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Maranhão and Gurupi rivers. In Gurupi about 100 of 170 speak Tembé

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
175
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
880 – 820 (1999)

DATE OF INFO: 1995

PLACES: Brazil, Pará state

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Terra Indigena Alto Rio Guama, on the right bank of the Upper Guama River, between the igarapes (small Amazonian waterways) Tauari to the south and Pitomba to the north, Terra
Indigena Ture-Mariquita, Terra Indigena Tembe, on the left bank of the Acara-Miri River; Maranhao State, Terra Indigena Alto Turiaçu, on the banks of the Gurupi River

comments powered by Disqus

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-2.6467,-46.7248

Compare Sources (1)

Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing