TRI ISO 639-3
Trió
Tarëno ijomi Autonym
A language of Suriname
- ISO 639
- tri
- Alternate Names
- Tiriyó, Tirió
- Autonym
- Tarëno ijomi
- Population
- 1,300 in Suriname (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 1,300 (Crevels 2012). Total users in all countries: 2,460.
- Location:
- Sipaliwini district: Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Palumeu on Palumeu river, Tëpu on upper Tapanahoni river.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Cariban, Tiriyó, Tiriyó
- Typology
- 10 consonants and 14 vowels (7 short, 7 long).
- Language Use
- All domains, except education. Used by all. Very positive attitudes though not considered appropriate as subject in school. Also use Dutch [nld]. Used as L2 by Akurio [ako], Mawayana [mzx], Sikiana [sik], Waiwai [waw].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1979.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Trió
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Pará state: mostly on west Paru river; also Terra Indígena Parque Tumucumaque, on Marapi and East Paru rivers.
- Dialects
- Pianokotó.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Pianokotó dialect probably extinct; no reports since 1957. View other languages of Brazil
Language Name
Trió
User Population
1,160 in Brazil (Crevels 2012). Most are monolingual. Ethnic population: 1,160 (Crevels 2012).
Map
Location: Sipaliwini district: Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Palumeu on Palumeu river, Tëpu on upper Tapanahoni river.
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