Iatê

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Carnijó, Fornió, Fulniô, Furniô, Yatê
Population

2,930 (1999 ISA).

Location

Pernambuco State, Sertão, Águas Belas municipality, 2 villages; some in Alagoas State.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Language isolate
Dialects

Fulniô, Yatê. Lexical similarity: 98% between Fulniô and Yatê dialects.

Language Use

Adult Fulniô still speak their mother tongue, Yatê children prefer to speak Portuguese [por] (Crevels 2007). All Fulniô also use Portuguese [por] (Crevels 2007).

Language Development
Bible portions: 1968.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Iatê
Writing

Latin script [Latn].