Arára, Pará

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
aap
Alternate Names
Arára Bravos
Autonym
Ukarãngmã
User Population

340 (2010 I. Souza).

Location

Pará: Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Cariban, South Amazonian, Arara
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar extant languages are Ikpeng [txi] and Bakairí [bkq].

Typology

11 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.

Language Use

Adults only. Many shifting to Portuguese [por], especially adolescents.

Language Development

Nearly all literates read and write in Portuguese [por]. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arára, Pará
Writing

Latin script [Latn], in development.

Other Comments

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.