AAP ISO 639-3
Arára, Pará
Ukarãngmã Autonym
A language of Brazil
- ISO 639
- aap
- Alternate Names
- Arára Bravos
- Autonym
- Ukarãngmã
- Population
- 340 (2010 I. Souza).
- Location:
- Pará: Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Cariban, South Amazonian, Arara
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly most similar extant languages are Ikpeng [txi] and Bakairí [bkq].
- Typology
- 11 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.
- Language Use
- Adults only. Some also use Portuguese [por], especially adolescents.
- Language Development
- Nearly all literates read and write in Portuguese [por]. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arára, Pará
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], in development.
- Other Comments
- Some groups uncontacted. Subgroups of the Arara are Apiaká or Miranya (Apingui), Arára-Pariri or Arára Mansos, Arára Bravos, Yarumá. Except for the Arára Bravos, from whom the present Arára of Pará people come, all the other subgroups are extinct.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Pará: Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca.
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