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Nambikuára, Southern

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: nab

Population	1,150 (2000 SIL), increasing. 950 monolinguals.
Region	Northwest Mato Grosso, along Porto Velho-Cuiabá highway about 300 km. 10 villages.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 117
Alternate names	Alaketesu, Anunsu, Nambikwara, Nambiquara
Dialects	Manduka, Khithaulhu, Halotesu, Saxwentesu, Wakalitesu, Serra Azul, Hahaintesu, Wasusu, Alatesu, Waikisu, Galera, Sarare, Alaketesu, Anunsu.
Classification	Nambiquaran
Language use	Vigorous. Positive attitude. Some also use Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Some bilingual education. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Manduca are semi-integrated. Population reduced from 10,000 to 600 in 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s by measles and other epidemics. Settlers from outside bring in agriculture, lumber, and mining which threaten the Nambikuára way of life. Manairisu is a subgroup. SOV, tonal. Hunter-gatherers: palm heart and other produce. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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

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

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

KROEKER, Barbara J., author. 1972. "Morphophonemics of Nambiquara."

KROEKER, Barbara J., author. 1982. Aspectos da língua nambikuára.

KROEKER, Barbara J., author. 2003. Aspectos da língua nambikuara.  

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 1972. "Thematic linkage in Nambiquara narrative."

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 1976. "Condicionamento múltiplo de vogais na língua nambikuára."

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 1976. Response of the translation helper to direct questions.

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 1977. "The role of tone in nambikuára."

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 1996. Txa²wã¹wãn³txa² kwa³jan³txa²wãn³txa² hau³hau³kon³nha²jau³su² (Dicionário escolar bilíngue: Nambikuara - Português, Português - Nambikuara).  

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 2001. "A descriptive grammar of Nambikuara."

KROEKER, Menno H., author. 2003. Gramática descritiva da língua Nambikuara.  

KROEKER, Menno, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1963. Nambikuára Pronouns.  

LOWE, Ivan, author. 1972. "On the relation of formal to sememic matrices with illustrations from Nambiquara."

LOWE, Ivan, author. 1986. "Topicalization in Nambiquara."  

LOWE, Ivan, author. 1990. "Cause and reason in Nambiquára."

LOWE, Ivan, author. 2008. "Marked topicalization in Nambiquara."

LOWE, Margaret, author. 1986. "Participants in Nambiquara myths and folktales."  

LOWE, Margaret, author. 1987. "Participantes das lendas e mitos nambikuára."