Mundurukú
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A language of Brazil
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Caras-Pretas, Monjoroku, Mundurucu, Paiquize, Pari, Weidyenye
Population
7,500 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 10,100 (2002 FUNASA).
Location
Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Pará states; middle Madeira, and middle and upper Tapajós rivers; 22 villages.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Typology
SOV.
Language Use
Vigorous. Grasslands villages quite monolingual. Also use Portuguese [por], especially those in Jacareacanga (with high proficiency), men (more than women) in Sai Cinza, those at the Roman Catholic mission on the Cururu, and men in villages along the Cururu (for trade). Many women know daily greetings. Used as L2 by Apinayé [apn].
Language Development
Grammar. NT: 1980.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Population formerly decimated by outsiders’ diseases and malaria, is presently growing. Traditional religion, Christian.