Terena
[aka Tereno, Etelena, Terêna]Classification: Arawakan
·vulnerable
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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: “Censo Demográfico: Características gerais dos indígenas” . Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (2010) Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
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Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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8,439
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25,737
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24,265 speak Portuguese at home.
Note that Socioambiental (2014) estimated a total population of 16,000 in 2001.
- DATE OF INFO
- 2010
- PLACES
- Brazil
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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Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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15,000
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16,000
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Speaker number data: (1991 SIL)
15,800 (Moore 2006); ethnic population: 16,000 (2001) (2013).
- PLACES
- Brazil;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Mato Grosso do Sul. 20 villages and 2 cities
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Mato Grosso do Sul State, east of the Paraguay River, Miranda and Aguidauana rivers area, 20 villages and 2 cities; some in São Paulo State.