Guajajára
[aka Guajajára, Guazazzara, Tenetehara]Classification: Tupian
·vulnerable
- DATE OF INFO
- 2006
- PLACES
- Brazil
Language metadata
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Guajajára, Guazazzara, Tenetehara, Tenetehára, Guajajara, Guajajra |
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Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Teneteharan |
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Language information by source
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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
Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
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~13,100
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The Guajajara are one of the most numerous indigenous groups of Brazil.
- MORE ON VITALITY
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Guajajara is still the dominant language in the villages.
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Portuguese
- PLACES
- Brazil
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Brazil, central Maranhão State, regions of the Pindare, Grajau, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers, in eleven Terras Indıgenas at the eastern margin of the Amazon Basin, especially Terra Indıgena Araribo´ ia, Terra Indıgena Bacurizinho, and Terra Indıgena Cana Brava.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
- DATE OF INFO
- 2000
- PLACES
- Brazil;
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Maranhlo State, Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. 81 villages.