Parecís

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Arití, Haliti, Pareás, Paresí, Paressí

Population

2000 (2008 AER Tangara da Serra).

Location

Western Mato Grosso, on the Jubá, Guaporé, Verde, Papagaio, Burití, and Juruena rivers, 15–20 villages.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Very similar to Saraveca [sar] (Crevels 2007).

Typology

SOV, OVS

Language Use

Also use some Portuguese [por].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1995.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

7 villages have public schools.