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Xerénte

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: xer

Population  1,810 (2000 ISA).
Region  Tocantins, between Rio do Sono and Rio Tocantins.
Language map  Brazil, reference number 96
Alternate names   Sherenté
Classification  Macro-Ge, Ge-Kaingang, Ge, Central, Acua
Language use  Some also use Portuguese.
Language development  NT: 2007.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Mattos, Rinaldo de. 1973. "Fonêmica xerente."

Vencio, Elizabeth and Isabel I. Murphy. 2009. "Maintaining two worlds: the relevance of mother tongue in Brazil's Amerindian societies."