Irantxe
[aka Iranshe, Iranxe, Irntxe]Classification: Isolate
·severely endangered
Classification: Isolate
·severely endangered
Iranshe, Iranxe, Irntxe, Iranche, Mynky, Münkü, Menki, Manoki, Myky, Irántxe |
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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
326
This includes the Iranxe and a Iranxe subgroup called Myky.
The area surrounding the Iranxe territory is being affected by landholding speculation and, therefore, both groups (Iranxe and Myky) are making
claims to increase their territory.
Brazil, western Mato Grosso, Brasnorte Municipality, Terra Indigena Manoki in the Cravari River area and Terra Indigena Umutina on the banks of the Papagaio River; Diamantino Municipality, Terra Indigena Menku.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
360
speaker numbers from (2010 SIL); ethnic population from (2006 ISA).
"Weak use."
Portuguese [por]
"Munku group intermarries with other groups. Also use Portuguese [por]."
"Mato Grosso, headwaters of the Rio Cravari, tributary of the Rio Sangue, which is a tributary of the Rio Juruena."
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press