Endangered Languages Project - Parakanã

Parakanã

^{[aka Parakanân, Parocana, Awaeté]}

Classification: Tupian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Parakanân, Parocana, Awaeté, Paracana, Paracanã, Apiteréwa, Akwawa, Akuawa, Parakaná, Asurí, Mudjetire, Suru do Tocantins,
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Tupi
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pak
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The names and classification is somewhat confused. Asuriní do Tocantins, Parakanã, and Akwawa are now considered dialects of a single language, but sometimes are distinguished as separate languages. Ethnologue distinguishes Parakanã [pak] and Asurini, Tocantins [asu] as distinct members of the "Akwáwa subgroup".

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Information from: “Povos Indígenas no Brasil” . Ricardo, Fany Pantaleoni and Bruno Belivaqua Aguilar ·

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,286
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,266
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,.266 (Funai/Altamira, 2010)

DATE OF INFO: 2010

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Pará state

Ethnic population
753
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Most Parakana still speak their mother tongue.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: southeastern Para State, Terra Indıgena Parakana, Terra Indıgena Apyterewa, Terra Indıgena Trincheira/Bacaja.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
451
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(2004 ISA)

900 (Fausto 1995); ethnic population: 900 (2004 ISA) (no change 2013)

Scripts (Writing system): Latin script

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Para State, lower Xingú River, near the towns of São Felix and Altamira.

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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