Endangered Languages Project - Suyá

Suyá

^{[aka Suya, Kisêdjê, Suiá]}

Classification: Jean

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Suya, Kisêdjê, Suiá
CLASSIFICATION		Jean, Northern Je
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		suy
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Beiço de Pau (Tapayúna) Yaruma (Jarumá Waiku)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Suyá and Tapayúna belong to the same language.

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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
409
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
410
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Suyá: 351 (speakers and population); Tapayuna: 58? speakers, 59 population (1995).

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
330
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Total speaker number: (2002 ISA). 334 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (ISA 1995)

350 (2006 FUNASA). 330 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (1995 ISA). Ethnic population: 350 (2006 FUNASA). All Tapayuna speak their native language (Crevels 2007) (2013)

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mato Grosso, Xingú Park, headwaters of Rio Culuene. Tapayúnas in Pará, TI Capoto or Jarina reservation, Kayapó villages (ISA 2002)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
409
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
196
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~334
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~334

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Brazil, Mato Grosso state, Xingu

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
359
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
518
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Kisêdjê: 300 speakers (404 total population), Tapayuna: 59 speakers (114 total population)

DATE OF INFO: 2010

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