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Rikbaktsa

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: rkb

Population	910 (2001 ISA).
Region	Mato Grosso, confluence of Sangue and Juruena rivers, Japuira on the east bank of the Juruena between the Arinos and Sangue rivers, and Posto Escondido on the west bank of the Juruena 700 km north. 9 villages, 14 settlements.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 113
Alternate names	Aripaktsa, Canoeiro, Erikbatsa, Erikpatsa
Classification	Macro-Ge, Rikbaktsa
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 2000.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Distinct from Avá-Canoeiro [avv] and Kanoé [kxo]. SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOSWOOD, Joan, author. 1973. "Evidências para a inclusão do aripaktsá no filo macro-jê."  

BOSWOOD, Joan, author. 1974. "Algumas funções de participante nas orações rikbaktsa."  

BOSWOOD, Joan, author. 1974. "Citações no discurso narrativo da língua rikbaktsa."  

BOSWOOD, Joan, author. 1978. Quer falar a língua dos canoeiros? Rikbaktsa em 26 lições.  

TREMAINE, Sheila, author. 1984. "A literary experiment among the Rikbaktsa of Brazil."