Endangered Languages Project - Gavião de Parã

Gavião de Parã

^{[aka Pukobyé, Piokob, Bocobu]}

Classification: Jean

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Pukobyé, Piokob, Bocobu, Gavião, Parã, Parakatêjê, Pukobjê, Canela, Kanela, Krenjé, Krahó
CLASSIFICATION		Jean, Northern Je
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gvp
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kanela
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Timbíra (Canela [Kanela], Krenjé, Krahó, Pykobyê). Ethnologue has Gavião of Pará (Parakatêjê, Pukobjê) as a separate language, said to be related to Krikati-Timbira, Canela, Krahô. Not to be confused with Gavião (do Jiparaná) [gvo].

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Information from: “World Oral Literature Project” .

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
180
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
970
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
811
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnic population: 338 Parakatêjê (ISA), 473 Pukobjê (2005 ISA)

DATE OF INFO: 2005

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Para State, new village called ‘Kaikoture’, near Maraba; possibly scattered in or near original locations in Maranhlo.

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