Bororo language
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| Borôro | |
|---|---|
| Boe Wadáru | |
| Spoken in | Brazil |
| Region | central Mato Grosso |
| Native speakers | 1020 (1997) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bor |
The Bororo language, or Borôro, also known as Boe, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages.[1] It is spoken by the Bororo people, hunters and gatherers in the Central Mato Grosso region of Brazil.
[edit] References
- ^ "Bororo Indians". http://indian-cultures.com/Cultures/bororo.html. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
[edit] Further reading
- Maybury-Lewis, David, and Joan Bamberger. Dialectical Societies: The Gê and Bororo of Central Brazil. Harvard studies in cultural anthropology, 1. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. ISBN 0674202856
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