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Júma

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: jua

Population	4 (1998). There were 300 in 1940.
Region	Amazonas, Mucuim River, Rio Açuã tributary.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 32
Alternate names	Arara, Kagwahibm, Kagwahiph, Kagwahiv, Kavahiva, Kawahip, Kawaib, Yumá
Dialects	The Júma, Amundava [adw], Kayabi [kyz], Tenharim [pah], and Karipuná [kuq] all call themselves ‘Kagwahiva’ (Kagwahibm, Kagwahiv, Kawahip, Kavahiva, Kawaib, Kagwahiph). These varieties along with Uru-eu-wau-wau [urz] and Morerebi [xmo] are all linguistically similar.
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup VI
Comments	SVO. Nearly extinct.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABRAHAMSON, Arne, author. 1968. "Contrastive distribution of phoneme classes in Içuã Tupi."

ABRAHAMSON, Arne; ABRAHAMSON, Joyce, authors. 1984. "Os fonemas da língua júma."  

DOOLEY, Robert A., editor. 1984. Estudos sobre línguas tupí do Brasil.

PEASE, Helen, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1977. Juma-Parintintin Similarities.