Akwáwa language

Akwáwa
Native to Brazil
Region Pará
Ethnicity Suruí do Pará, Asuriní, Parakanã
Native speakers
700 (1999)[1]
to 1,500 (1995–2006)[2]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
asu  Asuriní
mdz  Suruí
pak  Parakanã
Glottolog tupi1284[3]

Akwáwa is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster spoken in Pará in western Brazil.

Dialects

There are three distinct dialects:[1]

Both the name Asuriní and Suruí are used for related peoples and their languages: Suruí of Jiparaná, Suruí of Rondônia, Asuriní of Xingú, etc.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Cheryl Jensen, 1999, "Tupí-Guaraní", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, The Amazonian Languages
  2. Asuriní at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Suruí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Parakanã at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tupi-Guarani Subgroup IV.A". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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