Terêna

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
ter
Alternate Names
Etelena, Tereno
Population

15,800 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 16,000 (2001).

Location

Mato Grosso do Sul, east of the Paraguay River, Miranda and Aguidauana rivers area, 20 villages and 2 cities.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Terena
Typology

VOS

Language Use

Bilingual intercultural education has been implemented successfully in all municipal schools in the Terena region (2007). Many have low proficiency in Portuguese [por].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1994.
Writing
Latin script.