Xerente
[aka Xerénte, Sherenté, Xerenti]Classification: Jean
·threatened
- DATE OF INFO
- 2006
- PLACES
- Brazil
Language metadata
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Xerénte, Sherenté, Xerenti, Sherente |
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Jean, Central Je |
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ISO 639-3 |
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xer |
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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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Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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1,814
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1,814
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All Xerente speak their native language and children are monolingual up to five years of age. Although the Xerente are fluent in Portuguese, the Xerente language is used in all contexts of daily life in the villages.
- DATE OF INFO
- 2000
- PLACES
- Brazil, Tocantins state
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
to the east of the Tocantins River, 70km to the north of the city of Palmas, Terra Indigena Xerente and Terra Indigena Funil, in thirty-three villages
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
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Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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1,810 (unchanged, 2016.)
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Speaker number data: (ISA 2000)
1,810 (2000 ISA). Ethnic population: 1,810 (Moore 2006) (2013).
- PLACES
- Brazil;
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Tocantins, between Rio do Sono and Rio Tocantins.