Endangered Languages Project - Asuriní of Xingú

Asuriní of Xingú

^{[aka Asuriní de coatinema, Asurini do Xingu, Asuriní do ...]}

Classification: Tupian

·

endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Asuriní de coatinema, Asurini do Xingu, Asuriní do Koatinema, Awaeté, Xingú Asuriní, Assurinikin
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Xingu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		asn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (4)

Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
106
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
106

MORE ON VITALITY

All Asurini under forty are bilingual in Portuguese.

PLACES: Brazil: Para State

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Right bank of the Xingu River, Terra Indigena Koatinemo, one village.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
110 (2009). 120 (2016).
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2006).

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Para State, Rio Picava off the Xingu River near Altamira, at least one sizeable village.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Para State, Rio Picava off the Xingu River near Altamira, at least one sizeable village.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
63
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
124
Native speakers worldwide

comments powered by Disqus

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-3.9095,-52.4707

Compare Sources (1)

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