Potiguára

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
pog
Alternate Names
Petigaré, Pitonara, Potiguara, Potyguara
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker either died or had shifted entirely to Portuguese [por] by the early 1970s. Ethnic population: 11,400 (Crevels 2012).

Location

Paraíba state: Mamanguape municipality, Pôsto Nísia Brasileira on Baía da Traição.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Tupí, Tupí
Language Use

Shifted to Portuguese [por].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Potiguára
Other Comments

Descended from the Tupinambá.