Salumá

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
slj
User Population

240 (2000).

Location

Pará state: upper Anamu, Trombetas river source, along Suriname border.

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Cariban, Tiriyó
Language Use

Shifted to Trió [tri]. A few also use Portuguese [por].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Salumá
Other Comments

Different from Enawené-Nawé [unk] in Mato Grosso. Live among the Trio [tri], losing their ethnic identity.