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Basic Data
- Name: Suyá
- Language Classification: Macro-Gê
- Population: 196, including 31 Tapayuna (1995 AMTB)
- Location: Xingú Park, Mato Grosso, headwaters of Rio Culuene
About the Suyá
The Suyá were discovered at the end of the last century by Karl von den Steinen on the banks of the Xingu river. They live in two villages in the Xingu National Park (Mato Grosso).
The Suyá live by hunting, fishing and agriculture.
Flu and venereal disease epidemics are frequent.
Publications
Wiesemann, Ulla, and Ruth Thomson, 2007, Clause types and Ergativity in Suyá (Jê) (299 kB), Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.