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Kulina

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: cul

Population	2,540 in Brazil (2002 ISA). Population total all countries: 2,940.
Region	Amazonas, Acre. Also in Peru.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 46
Alternate names	Corina, Culina, Kulína, Kulyna, Madihá, Madija
Dialects	Minor changes from Peruvian dialect.
Classification	Arauan
Language development	Bible portions: 1965–1985.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Deni [dny] and Kulina are a single language (proposed by Dixon 2004). SOV.

Also spoken in:

Peru

Language name	Culina
Population	400 in Peru (2002 Boyer), increasing. Primarily monolingual. Ethnic population: 400.
Region	Southeast, near Brazilian border, upper Purus and Santa Rosa rivers.
Language map	Peru, reference number 29
Alternate names	Kollina, Kulina, Kulino, Kulyna, Kurina, Madihá, Madija
Language use	Official language. Vigorous. All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Over 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 1%–5%. Primary school mostly in Spanish, a little in Culina.
Comments	Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1962. "Textos culina."

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1963. "La música culina."

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1963. "Some notes on the material culture of the Culina Indians."

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1969. Translation polishing with semi-literates.

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1976. "Datos demográficos y económicos de los culina de San Bernardo."  

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1976. "Transcripción fonetica de un texto Culina."  

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1976. Cerámica culina.  

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1976. La música culina y la educación informal.  

ADAMS, Patsy, author. 1977. Textos Culina II.  

ADAMS, Patsy; MARLETT, Stephen A., authors. 1987. "Gender agreement in Madija."

ADAMS, Patsy; MARLETT, Stephen A., authors. 1990. "Madija noun morphology."

ADAMS, Patsy; MARLETT, Stephen A., authors. 1991. "Antipasivo en mádija (culina)."

ADAMS, Patsy; MARLETT, Stephen A., authors. 1994. Vowel features in Madija.

ADAMS, Patsy; POWLISON, Esther, authors. 1976. "Los fonemas segmentales del Culina Peruano (Arahuaca Araua)."  

ADAMS, Patsy; TOWNSEND, Patricia K., authors. 1975. "Estructura y conflicto en el matrimonio de los indios culina de la Amazonia peruana."

AGNEW, Arlene, compiler. 1982. Narraciones de los Culina.  

AGNEW, Arlene, recorder; BOYER, Jim, transcriber. 2011. Dsoaquicca ima Amanchi/Curaja headwaters.

BOYER, Cindy, author. 1995. Taboos regarding Menstruation, Pregnancy and Birth among the Culina (Madija) People.

CHÁVEZ, Margarethe S.; LEACH, Ilo; SHANKS, Anna Louise; YOUNG, Carolyn M., authors. 1976. Instrumentos musicales tradicionales de varios grupos de la selva Peruana.  

MONTES DSOMAJI, Lebeo; MONTES FERREIRA, Salomón; MONTES MONTES, Magdalena, authors; BOYER, James; BOYER, Lucinda L., compilers. 1999. Bani tahimari = Cuentos de animales.  

NIES, Joyce, compiler. 1976. Suplemento A: listas comparativas de palabras usuales en idiomas vernaculos de la selva.  

PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1957. "Abdominal pulse types in some Peruvian languages."

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 1993. Beyond the Bilingual Classroom: Literacy Acquisition among Peruvian Amazon Communities.  

WRIGHT, Pamela S., author. 1991. "La hipótesis del inacusativo y los verbos mádija (culina)."

WRIGHT, Pamela S., author. 1995. Madija predicates.

Vernacular Publications

Amaro Jama (Cartilla 2). 1958.  

Cacara tahimari. 1990.  

Cálculo 5. 1971.  

Cartilla 3 (Odsa). 1958.  

Denima iattana (Cartilla 4). 1963.  

Denima iattana (Cartilla 5). 1963.  

Denima iattana (Cartilla 6). 1963.  

Dsodode iattana 1. 1963.  

Dsodode iattana 2, 3. 1964.  

Huapima ihiaccaʼnajarideni tahimarinideni. 1972.  

Huapimacca ima (Cuentos de los Culina (Madija) del Río Purús). 1997.  

Ia essirecca ima. 1990.  

Icca dsama tabari; Dsama onihi tabari = Animales de nuestro país; Animales de otros países. 1989.  

Icca dsama tabari; dsama onihi tabari. 1970.

Icca dsama tahimarini denima icahatteranijine. 1993.  

Icca ejedeni ecahuahijine. 1992.  

Icca madie; Icca dsama = Nuestra vida; Nuestra tierra; Texto suplementario de naturaleza y comunidad. 1991.  

Ididenicca ima = Relatos de nuestros antepasados. 2000.  

Imadinicca ima. 1994.  

Jaja inanijinecca ima = Cuentos para reir. 2001.  

Jana (Cartilla 1). 1958.  

Jehemadenicca ima. 1990.  

Manual para los cursos de naturaleza y vida social y práctica del castellano. 1971.

Mariquita. 1990.  

Meme abari. 1995.  

Nomi inanijinecca ima iattana. 1993.  

Passo abari = Los que viven en el agua. 1989.  

Passo abari. 1964.

Passo bica tani. 1990.  

Pirodenicca ima = Cuentos narrados por los piros. 1992.  

Pirodenicca ima. 1973.

Roi Arora. 1965.  

Silabario culina, con traducción al castellano. 1972.  

Taidecca iattana (Cartilla 1). 1963.  

Taidecca iattana (Cartilla 2). 1963.  

Taidecca iattana (Cartilla 3). 1963.  

Vamos a leer. 1993.