Terêna | Ethnologue

A language of Brazil

ISO 639: ter
Alternate Names: Etelena, Tereno
Autonym: Emo’u xâne
Population: 15,800 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 20,000 (Crevels 2012).
Location:: Mato Grosso do Sul state: east of Paraguay river in Miranda and Aguidauana rivers area, 20 villages and 2 cities; some in São Paulo state.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Terena
Typology: VOS; 13 consonants and 10 vowels (5 short, 5 long).
Language Use: Shifting to Portuguese [por].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Bilingual intercultural education has been implemented successfully in all municipal schools in the Terena region (Crevels 2007). Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1994.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Terêna
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Mato Grosso do Sul state: east of Paraguay river in Miranda and Aguidauana rivers area, 20 villages and 2 cities; some in São Paulo state.