Endangered Languages Project - Trumai

Trumai

^{[aka Trumaí, Tramalhy,]}

Classification: Isolate

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Trumaí, Tramalhy
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tpy
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Reduplication and Ideophones in Trumai” (217-246 ch. Reduplication and Ideophones in Trumai) . Guirardello-Damian, Raquel (2014) , Gale Goodwin Gómez and Hein Voort · Brill, Leiden

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 50 people who can speak Trumai, with different degrees of knowledge of the language.

DATE OF INFO: 2014(?)

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Xingu Indigenous Reserve, 3 villages: Três Lagoas, Boa Esperan, Steinen.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
120
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
51 (Moore 2006); ethnic population: 120 (Moore 2006) (2013).

DATE OF INFO: 2006

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Most are fluent in language of wider communication or other languages in the area

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mato Grosso, Xingú Park, source of Xingú River, villages along banks

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Mato Grosso, Xingú Park, source of Xingú River, villages along the banks.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
78
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
147

DATE OF INFO: speaker numbers (2007), ethnic population (2006)

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Brazil

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
51
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
120

DATE OF INFO: 2006

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Mato Grosso state: Xingú Park, source of Xingú River, villages along banks.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
120

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Brazil, Mato Grosso state, Xingu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: some villages along the banks of the Xingu River source

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Trumai are the last group that arrived in the Xingu Indigenous Park

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-11.9166666667,-53.5833333333

COORDINATES

-11.8807,-53.6009

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press