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Tenharim

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: pah

Population	790 (ISA 2000). ISA (2000) gives 585 Tenharim, 156 Parintintin, 50 Diahhoi.
Region	Amazonas. Diahói are on Rio Marmelos; Karipuna in Rondônia on Jaci Paraná River Post; Morerebi on Rio Preto and Marmelos. 2 villages.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 30
Alternate names	Kagwahiv, Kawaib, Tenharem, Tenharin
Dialects	Tenharim (Tenharem, Tenharin), Parintintín, Kagwahiv (Kawaib), Karipuna Jaci Paraná, Mialát, Diahói (Jahui, Giahoi). The Tenharim, Amundava [adw], Kayabi [kyz], Júma [jua], 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 very similar.
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup VI
Language use	Also use Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Fishermen; gatherers; agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, editor. 1971. Tupi studies 1.  

BETTS, LaVera D., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1969. Parintintin Discourse.  

BETTS, LaVera, author. 1981. Dicionário parintintín-português português-parintintín.  

BETTS, LaVera, compiler. 2008. "Exemplos do dicionário Parintintín-Português Português-Parintintín."

BETTS, LaVera; PEASE, Helen, authors. 1971. "Parintintin phonology."  

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

PEASE, Helen, author. 1979. "Repetições em Tenharim (Parintintín) narrativa."

PEASE, Helen, author. Available: 2007; Created: 1968. Parintintin Grammar.