Endangered Languages Project - Asuriní do Tocantins

Asuriní do Tocantins

^{[aka Asuriní, Assuriní, Assuriní do Tocantins]}

Classification: Tupian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Asuriní, Assuriní, Assuriní do Tocantins, Asuriní do Trocará, Akwaya, Akuawa, Parakaná, Asurí, Mudjetire, Suru do Tocantins, Asurini, Tocantins Asuriní, Assurini, Asuriní do Tocantins, Akwáwa, Asurini, Tocantins
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Teneteharan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		asu
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
384
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
384

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
300 (2001 ISA); ethnic population: 300 (Moore 2006) (2013).

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Pará, on the Tocantins River, Trocará near Tucurui.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
191
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Ethnic population
303

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Most children use exclusively Portuguese.

PLACES: Brazil: Para State

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Municipality of Tucurui, Terra Indigena Trocara

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International