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Awetí

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3awe

Population  140 (2006 ISA).
Region  Mato Grosso, Xingú Park, Rio Culiseu (upper Xingú River).
Language map  Brazil, reference number 107
Alternate names   Arauine, Arauite, Aueti, Aueto, Auiti, Awetö
Classification  Tupi, Aweti
Language use  Some may also use Kamayurá [kay].
Comments  Fishermen; hunter-gatherers; swidden agriculturalists: manioc, maize.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LARAIA, Roque de Barros, author. 1971. "A estrutura do parentesco tupí."  Available online