Tembé
PrintA language of Brazil
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Tenetehara
Population
150 (2000 SIL). Tembé: 820 (1999), Turiwara: 60 (1998). Ethnic population: 880 (Crevels 2007).
Location
Maranhão, Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, banks of the Gurupi river.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Intelligible with Guajajára [gub].
Language Development
NT: 2008.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Assimilated the closely related Turiwara [twt] (2007).