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Asurini, Tocantins

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: asu

Population	300 (2001 ISA).
Region	Pará, on Tocantins River, Trocará near Tucurui.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 75
Alternate names	Akwaya, Assuriní, Asuriní, Asuriní do Tocantins, Asuriní do Trocará
Dialects	Akwáwa subgroup which also includes Parakanã [pak] and Suruí do Pará [mdz].
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup IV
Language use	Shifting to Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1973.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Asuriní do Xingú [asn]. OVS. Agriculturalists: manioc; fishermen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, editor. 1971. Tupi studies 1.  

HARRISON, Carl H., author. 1970. Syntactical aspects of Asurini monologue discourse.

HARRISON, Carl H., author. 1971. "The morphophonology of Asurini words."  

HARRISON, Carl H., author. 1975. Gramática asuriní: Aspectos de uma gramática transformacional e discursos monologados da língua asuriní, família tupi guaraní.  

HARRISON, Carl H., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1963. Pedagogical Information and Drills for the Asuriní Language.  

LEMLE, Miriam, author. 1971. "Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family."  

NICHOLSON, Velda C., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1975. Initiating and non-initiating verbs in Assuriní.  

NICHOLSON, Velda C., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1977. Ordem Frasal de Cláusulas na Língua Asurini.  

NICHOLSON, Velda C., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1975. Transformações Morfofonêmicas em Asuriní.  

NICHOLSON, Velda C., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1976. Asuriní Possessive Pronouns.  

NICHOLSON, Velda, author. 1978. Aspectos da língua assuriní.  

NICHOLSON, Velda, author. 1982. Breve estudo da língua asuriní do Xingu.