Surui language
Suruí | |
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Paíter | |
Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Paiter |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2006)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sru |
Glottolog | suru1262 |
ELP | Paiter |
Suruí (of Jiparaná), also known as Paíter or Suruí-Paíter, is a Tupian language of Brazil. The Suruí of Rondônia call themselves Paiter, which means “the true people, we ourselves". They speak a language of the Tupi group and Monde language family. There were 1,171 Suruí-Paíter in 2010.
References
- ^ Suruí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
- ELAR archive of Documentation of Gavião and Suruí Languages in whistled and instrumental speech by Julien Meyer
- ELAR archive of Language Documentation of traditional culture among the Gavião and Suruí of Rondônia by Dennis Moore