Suyá
A language of Brazil
| Population | 330 (2002 ISA). 334 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (ISA 1995). |
| Region | Mato Grosso, Xingú Park, headwaters of Rio Culuene. Tapayúnas in Pará, TI Capoto or Jarina reservation, Kayapó villages (ISA 2002). |
| Language map |
Brazil, reference number 102 |
| Alternate names | Kisêdjê |
| Dialects | Beiço de Pau (Tapayúna), Yaruma (Jarumá, Waiku). |
| Classification | Macro-Ge, Ge-Kaingang, Ge, Northwest, Suya |
| Language use | Few also use Portuguese [por]. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 2007. |
| Comments | Yaruma dialect became extinct around 2007. Tapayúna is the self name for Beiço de Pau. Tapayunas (self name for Beiço de Pau) no longer live with Suyás, having moved out of the Xingu Park to live in Kayapó villages in the TI CapotøJarina reservation in the state of Pará (ISA 2002). ISA gives the Tapayunas’ population as 58 in 1995. Agriculturalists: manioc, maize, hunters; fishermen. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
DAVIS, Irvine, author. 1966. "Comparative Jê phonology."
THOMSON, Ruth; WIESEMANN, Ursula, authors. 2007. Clause types and ergativity in Suyá (Jê).
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