Macushi

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
mbc
Alternate Names
Macusi, Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Teueia, Teweya
Population

16,500 in Brazil (Moore 2006). Population total all countries: 18,030. Ethnic population: 23,400 (2001 FUNASA).

Location

Contingo, Quino, Pium, and Mau rivers, northeast Roraima and Rio Branco. Also in Guyana, Venezuela.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Cariban, North Amazonian, Pemón, Pemón proper
Dialects

Not intelligible with Pemon [aoc] or Patamona [pbc].

Typology

OVS

Language Use

Most still speak the language (2007). Increasing in Portuguese [por].

Language Development
NT: 1996.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Macushi
Writing
Latin script.

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