Paumarí
PrintA language of Brazil
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Purupurú
Population
290 (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 870 (2000).
Location
Amazonas, Purus River, 3 villages.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Kurukuru (Curucuru), Paumarm (Pammari), Uaiai. 3 inherently intelligible dialects.
Language Use
Elderly only. Younger people either speak Portuguese [por] or a mixture of Portuguese and Paumarí (Crevels 2007).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Dictionary. NT: 1995–2010.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
In 1964 there were 96 Paumarí in 1 village. By 1994 they had increased to 700 in several villages.