Mundurukú
[aka Mundurucu, Monjoroku, Weidyenye]Classification: Tupian
·threatened
- DATE OF INFO
- 2002
- PLACES
- Brazil
Language metadata
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Mundurucu, Monjoroku, Weidyenye, Paiquize, Pari, Caras-Pretas, Mundurucú |
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Tupian, Mundurukun |
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ISO 639-3 |
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myu |
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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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10,065
- DATE OF INFO
- 2002
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Portuguese
- PLACES
- Brazil
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
southwestern Para State, on the creeks and tributaries of the Tapajos River, Santarem, Itaituba and Jacareacanga municipalities;
eastern Amazonas State, on the Canuma River, Nova Olinda Municipality, and near the Trans-Amazon highway, Municipality of Borba; northern Mato Grosso State, Rio dos Peixes area, Juara Municipality; in total on six Indigenous Lands.
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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10,100
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from FUNASA (2002).
7,500 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 10,100 (2002 FUNASA) (2014) [no change].
- MORE ON VITALITY
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Vigorous. The Grasslands villages are quite monolingual. Those in Jacareacanga have high proficiency in Portuguese. Men, more than women, in Sai Cinza and those on the Roman Catholic mission on the Cururu occasionally use Portuguese. In many villages along the Cururu many men know trading vocabulary, many women know daily greetings
- PLACES
- Brazil;
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Para, Amazonas, and Mato Grosso states; middle and upper Tapajós and middle Madeira rivers; 22 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, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
- DATE OF INFO
- 2006
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Portuguese
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Used as L2 by Apinayé [apn].
- PLACES
- Brazil
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Pará states; middle Madeira, and middle and upper Tapajós rivers; 22 villages.