Suyá

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
suy
Alternate Names
Kisêdjê, Mẽkisêdjê, Suiá
User Population

410 (Crevels 2012). 350 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 410 (Crevels 2012). 350 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (Crevels 2012). All Tapayuna speak their native language (Crevels 2007).

Location

Mato Grosso state: Xingú Park, headwaters of Rio Culuene; Pará state: Terra Indígena Capoto or Jarina reservation, Kayapó villages (2002 ISA).

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Jean, Northern
Dialects

Tapayúna (Beiço de Pau), Yaruma (Jarumá, Waiku).

Typology

13 consonants and 15 vowels, including 6 nasal vowels.

Language Use

Vigorous. Some also use Portuguese [por]. Used as L2 by Panará [kre].

Language Development

Bible portions: 2007.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Suyá
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Yaruma dialect became extinct around 2007. Ethnic autonym for Beiço de Pau: Tapayúna, who no longer live with Suyás; they moved out of Xingú Park to live in Kayapó villages in Terra Indígena Capoto or Jarina reservation in Pará state (2002 ISA).