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Karitiâna

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3ktn

Population  320 (2005 ISA).
Region  Rondônia, Candeias River, tributary of the upper Madeira River.
Language map  Brazil, reference number 123
Alternate names   Caritiana
Classification  Tupi, Arikem
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1981.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SVO.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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

EVERETT, Daniel L., author. 1985. A note on ergativity: S’, S’’ in Karitiana.

GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1986. Sentence initial devices.  Available online

GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1987. Série lingüística.

HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1991. Review of: Sentence initial devices, by Joseph E. Grimes, editor.

LANDIN, David J., author. 1979. "Some aspects of Karitiana food economy."

LANDIN, David J., author. 1980. An outline of the syntactic structure of Karitiana sentences.

LANDIN, David J., author. 1984. "An outline of the syntactic structure of Karitiâna sentences."  Available online

LANDIN, David J., author. 1988. "As orações karitiâna."

LANDIN, David J., compiler. 1983. Dicionário e léxico karitiâna/português.

LANDIN, David J., compiler. 2005. Dicionário e léxico Karitiana / Português.  Available online

LANDIN, David, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1976. Karitiâna Clauses.  Available online

LANDIN, Rachel M., author. 1985. "Nature and change in four Karitiana legends."

LANDIN, Rachel M., author. 1986. "Higher-level conjunctions in Karitiâna."

LANDIN, Rachel M., author. 1987. "Conjunções karitiâna de nivel superior."

LANDIN, Rachel M., author. 1989. Kinship and naming among the Karitiana of northwestern Brazil.

LANDIN, Rachel M., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1982. Word Order Variation in Karitiâna.  Available online