Also Known As:
Ñeengatú, Nhengatu, Yeral, Geral, Língua Geral, Nyengatú, Nyengato, Ñeegatú, Waengatu, Língua Jeral, Jeral, Língua Geral Amazônica, Nheengatú, Tapïhïya
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Nheengatú-kariwa nheenga
Curso de Nheengatu por Eduardo Navarro da USP
Hino Nacional Brasileiro.
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,060
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.