Irantxe

[aka Iranshe, Iranxe, Irntxe]

Classification: Isolate

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severely endangered

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Watjuho Ja’a : reclaimation of language and land in the Manoki nation

The Manoki people (also known as Iranxe) are an indigenous nation of the Juruena valley, in the state of Mato Grosso. The language spoken by the Manoki is a variety of Mỹky, an isolate language. This article aims to present the situation of the Manoki nation and to discuss the strategies that the Manoki are adopting to start a long-term process to reclaim their ancestral language for the younger members of the community, in parallel to a process of reclamation and defense of the ancestral territory of the Manoki people.

Vasiliki Vita

ADERNOS DE LINGUÍSTICA. 1(3). p.1-15

Jan. 1, 2020

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