Avá-Canoeiro

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
avv
Alternate Names
Abá, Avá, Awana, Canoa, Canoe, Canoeiros
Population

14 (Moore 2006). 14 monolinguals. All speakers are monolingual. Ethnic population: 46 (2009 ISA).

Location

Tocantins State, island of Bananal, and upper Tocantins river valley; Goiás State, Terra Indigena Ava-Canoeiro.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Tenetehara
Dialects

The groups in Tocantins and Goias speak different dialects, and have lived apart for over 100 years.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 0%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Avá-Canoeiro
Other Comments

Seminomadic. The group in Tocantins, contacted in 1974, has 12 people. An estimated 15 remain uncontacted. The other group in Goias, contacted in 1983 has 9 people, with an estimated 10 remaining uncontacted. Traditional religion.