Arára, Pará
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A language of Brazil
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Arára Bravos
Population
340 (2010 I. Souza).
Location
Pará: Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Language Use
Some also use Portuguese [por], especially adolescents.
Language Development
A few school-aged children are learning to read and write in Arara, but nearly all literates read and write in Portuguese [por].
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn], in development.
Some groups uncontacted. Subgroups of the Arara are Apiaká or Miranya (Apingui), Arára-Pariri or Arára Mansos, Arára Bravos, Yarumá. Except for the Arára Bravos, from whom the present Arára of Pará people come, all the other subgroups are extinct.