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Kaingang

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: kgp

Population	Ethnic population: 25,875.
Region	São Paulo north of Paranapena River, 3 reservations, Paraná between Paranapena and Iguaçu rivers, 9 reservations, Santa Catarina between Iguaçu and Uruguay rivers, 8 reservations, Rio Grande do Sul south of the Uruguay River; Southeast dialect. 5 reservations east of Passo Fundo River; Southwest Dialect, 7 reservations; also east of Passo Fundo River; outskirts of important cities in Rio Grande do Sul. 32 reservations plus scattered locations.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 173
Alternate names	Bugre, Caingang, Coroado, Coroados
Dialects	Paraná Kaingang, Central Kaingang, Southwest Kaingang, Southeast Kaingang.
Classification	Macro-Ge, Ge-Kaingang
Language use	All over 40 also use Portuguese [por].
Language development	Dictionary. NT: 1977.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Alternate names now only used in old documents. ‘Bugre’ also used for Xokleng [xok] and Mbyá Guaraní [gun]. SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., editor. 1971. Estudos sôbre línguas e culturas indígenas: Trabalhos linguísticos realizados no Brasil (edição especial).

KINDELL, Gloria E., author. 1971. "Kaingáng basketry."  

KINDELL, Gloria E., author. 1982. Discourse strategies in Kaingáng literacy materials.

KINDELL, Gloria, author; LEITE, Yonne, translator. Available: 2008; Created: 1961. Fonêmica Kaingáng.  

NEWMAN, Barbara A., author. 1978. The mini-workshop as another step towards a Kaingáng written literature.

WIESEMANN, Ursula Gojtéj, author. 2011. Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang.  

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1960. "Semantic categories of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in relation to Kaingang personal names."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1964. "Children of mixed marriages in relation to Kaingang society."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1964. "Phonological syllables and words in Kaingáng."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1970. "Purification among the Kaingáng Indians today."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1971. Dicionário kaingáng-português, português-kaingáng.

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1972. Die phonologische und grammatische Struktur der Kaingáng-Sprache.

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1974. "Time distinctions in Kaingáng."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1978. "Os dialetos da língua kaingáng e o xokléng."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1978. Holy Spirit in Kaingáng.

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1980. "Events and non-events in Kaingáng discourse."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1986. "The pronoun systems of some Jê and Macro-Jê languages."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1989. "Four translations or one? The case of the Kaingang in Brazil."  

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1999. Long words.

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 2008. "Learn that language—without using paper?."  

WIESEMANN, Ursula, compiler. 1981. Dicionário kaingáng-português, português-kaingáng.