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'''Tapeba''' (Tapeba) refers not to a language but to a group of posttraditional, reemergent indigenous people (2010 population 6,300) living in and around the municipality of [[Caucaia, Ceará]], [[Brazil]]. They are native Portuguese-speakers (before official recognition as Indians in 1993, they were classified as mixed-race peasants) and claim to descend from four now-extinct indigenous groups who spoke [[Tupi]]. As with all but one indigenous group in [[Northeast Brazil]] (the [[Fulni-o]] of [[Pernambuco]]), the Tapeba are assimilated into the dominant national culture of Brazil and have never in their organization under this ethnonym spoken any indigenous language. There is no historical record of the Tapeba as an ethnicity before the 1980s; accordingly, there is no Tapeba language--present or past. |
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'''Tapeba''' (Tabeba) is an [[extinct language|extinct]] [[unclassified language]] of [[Brazil]]. The ethnic population is about 2,500. |
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| Tapeba | |
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| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Ceará |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
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| ISO 639-3 | tbb |
Tapeba (Tapeba) refers not to a language but to a group of posttraditional, reemergent indigenous people (2010 population 6,300) living in and around the municipality of Caucaia, Ceará, Brazil. They are native Portuguese-speakers (before official recognition as Indians in 1993, they were classified as mixed-race peasants) and claim to descend from four now-extinct indigenous groups who spoke Tupi. As with all but one indigenous group in Northeast Brazil (the Fulni-o of Pernambuco), the Tapeba are assimilated into the dominant national culture of Brazil and have never in their organization under this ethnonym spoken any indigenous language. There is no historical record of the Tapeba as an ethnicity before the 1980s; accordingly, there is no Tapeba language--present or past.
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