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Gavião of Jiparaná

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Gavião of Jiparaná
Gavião of Rondônia
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia
EthnicityGavião – 520 (2004)[1]
Native speakers
340 (2006)[1]
Tupian
  • Monde
    • Gavião of Jiparaná
Dialects
  • Zoró
Language codes
ISO 639-3gvo
Glottologgavi1246
ELPGavião
 Zoró[2]

Gaviao of Jiparana (Gavião do Jiparaná), also known as Digüt, Ikolen and Gavião do Rondônia, is the language of the Gavião of Rondônia, Brazil. It is a Tupian language of the Monde branch. It is partially intelligible with Suruí. The Zoró dialect spoken by the Zoró people is sometimes considered a separate language.

References

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  1. ^ a b Gavião of Jiparaná at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Zoró.
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