SURUÍ: a language of Brazil

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: SRU

ISO 639-2: sai

Population 800 (1994 SIL). 
Region A series of villages and scattered locations along the Rondônia-Mato Grosso border. 10 villages.
Alternate names   SURUÍ DO JIPARANÁ, SURUÍ DE RONDÔNIA, PAITER
Classification Tupi, Monde.
Comments Related to Cinta Larga and Gavião do Jiparaná. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25%. Agriculturalists: coffee. Bible portions 1991.

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