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Basic Data
- Name: Karipuna do Amapá
- Alternative Names: Karipúna, Karipúna do Uaçá
- Language Classification: French Creole
- Population: 672 (1995 SIL)
- Location: Amapá, on French Guiana border
About the Karipuna
Living in five villages, the Karipuna do Amapá occupy the Bacia do Rio Uaçá (Amapá). The area of the Karipuna do Amapá was marked out in '79. The Karipuna interact permanently with other tribes and with non-indigenous peoples. They leave the area in order to sell fish, manioc and artwork, as well as to look for work and schooling.
Publications
Tobler, Alfred W. 1987, Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karipúna (in Portuguese, 313 kB), Summer Institute of Linguistics, Brasília, DF.
Tobler, S. Joy, 1983, The Grammar of Karipúna Creole (691 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 10: 1-156.