Guajajára
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A language of Brazil
Alternate Names
Guazazzara, Tenetehar, Tenetehára
Autonym
Zeʼegete
User Population
14,000 (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 19,500 (2006 FUNASA).
Location
Maranhão state: Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. 81 villages.
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Language Status
5* (Developing).
Dialects
Pindare, Zutiua, Mearim.
Typology
15 consonants and 7 vowels.
Language Use
Vigorous. Most also use Portuguese [por], as a lingua franca (Crevels 2007).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Taught as subject in primary schools. Bible: 2007.