Guajajára | Ethnologue

A language of Brazil

ISO 639: gub
Alternate Names: Guazazzara, Tenetehar, Tenetehára
Autonym: Zeʼegete
Population: 14,000 (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 19,500 (2006 FUNASA).
Location:: Maranhão state: Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. 81 villages.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Tenetehara, Tenetehara
Dialects: Pindare, Zutiua, Mearim.
Typology: 15 consonants and 7 vowels.
Language Use: Vigorous. Most also use Portuguese [por], as a lingua franca (Crevels 2007).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Bible: 2007.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Guajajára
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Maranhão state: Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. 81 villages.