XTW ISO 639-3
Tawandê
A language of Brazil
- ISO 639
- xtw
- Alternate Names
- Da’wan’du, Tawaindê
- Population
- 1 (Crevels 2012).
- Location:
- Rondônia state: Pyrineus de Souza village, near Vilhena town.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Nambikwara, Nambikwara Complex, Northern, Roosevelt Cluster
- Dialects
- None known. Similar to Lakondê [lkd], Latundê [ltn], and Mamaindê [wmd].
- Language Use
- Shifted to Portuguese [por].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tawandê
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Tawande live with the Sabane [sae], but have a closer affinity to Latundê [ltn] and Lakondê [lkd].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Rondônia state: Pyrineus de Souza village, near Vilhena town.
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