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Guajajára

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: gub

Population	15,000 (2000 SIL).
Region	Maranhco, Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. 81 villages.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 90
Alternate names	Guazazzara, Tenetehar, Tenetehára
Dialects	Pindare, Zutiua, Mearim, Tembe of Gurupi.
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup IV
Language use	Also use some Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Grammar. Bible: 2007.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, author. 1966. Hierarchical structures in Guajajara.

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, author. 1972. Hierarchical structures in Guajajara.  

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1963. A Phonemic Analysis of Guajajara.  

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1969. Gramática Pedagógica da Língua Guajajara.  

BENDOR-SAMUEL, Margaret, author. 1970. Notes on Guajajara.

HARRISON, Carl H., author. 1983. Typological disharmony and ergativity in Guajajara.

HARRISON, Carl H., author. 1986. "Verb prominence, verb initialness, ergativity and typological disharmony in Guajajara."

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

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