Endangered Languages Project - Suruí do Pará

Suruí do Pará

^{[aka Suruí, Suruí do Tocantins, Akewere]}

Classification: Tupian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Suruí, Suruí do Tocantins, Akewere, Akewara, Aikewara, Mudjétire, "Mudjetíre", "Mudjetíre-Suruí", Suruí, Suruí do Tocantins, Mudjetíre
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Teneteharan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mdz
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
264
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
264

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~185
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
185

DATE OF INFO: 1997

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Most of the ethnic group still speak their native language (Crevels 2007). Also use Portuguese.

PLACES: Brazil, Pará state, São João do Araguaia

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
260
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
260 (2006 FUNASA).

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Most of the ethnic group still speak their native language (Crevels 2007). Also use Portuguese

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Pará State, Araguaia, São João municipality, 110 km from Marabá.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-5.2441,-52.7014

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