Terêna
A language of Brazil
| Population | 15,000 (1991 SIL). Ethnic population: 16,000. |
| Region | Mato Grosso do Sul. 20 villages and 2 cities. |
| Language map |
Brazil, reference number 166 |
| Alternate names | Etelena, Tereno |
| Classification | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Bolivia-Parana |
| Language use | Many also use some Portuguese [por]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1994. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VOS. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1963. "A structure-function description of Terena phrases."
BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1963. "Stress in Terena."
BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1966. "Some prosodic features in Terena."
BUTLER, Nancy E., author. 1973. Teaching syllables in Terena.
BUTLER, Nancy E., author. 1977. "Derivação verbal na língua terêna."
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BUTLER, Nancy E., author. 2003. The multiple functions of the definite article in Terena.
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BUTLER, Nancy E., author; DANIEL, Mary L., translator. 1978. Modo, extensão temporal, tempo verbal e relevância contrastiva na língua terêna.
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BUTLER, Nancy E.; EKDAHL, Muriel, authors. 1979. Aprenda terêna, vol. 1.
BUTLER, Nancy; EKDAHL, Bete (Elizabeth), authors. 1994. Explicação da Ortografia Terena.
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DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1982. Arawakan (Brazil) morphosyntax.
EKDAHL, Muriel, author. 1965. "Referents in Terêna."
EKDAHL, Muriel; GRIMES, Joseph E., authors. 1964. "Terena verb inflection."
KIETZMAN, Dale W., author. n.d. "Tendências de ordem lexical de aculturação lingüística em Terêna."

