Munduruku

Indigenous Groups
Apalai
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Arara do Pará
Asurini do Tocantins
Asurini do Xingu
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Banawá
Bororo
Caiuá
Canela
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Deni
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Hixkaryana
Hupda
Ikpeng
Jamamadi
Jarawara
Juma
Kaapor
Kadiwéu
Kaingang
Kamayurá
Karajá
Karipuna do Amapá
Karitiana
Kaxaxari
Kayabi
Kayapó
Krahô
Kuikuro
Kurâ-Bakairi
Mamaindé
Maxakali
Munduruku
Nadëb
Nambikuara
Palikur
Parakanã
Paresi
Paumari
Pirahã
Rikbaktsa
Sateré-Mawé
Surui do Pará
Suruí de Rondônia
Suyá
Tenharim
Terena
Waiãpi
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Munduruku

Basic Data
    Name: Munduruku
    Alternative Names: Mundurucu, Weidyenye, Paiquize, Pari, Caras-Pretas
    Language Classification: Tupi
    Population: 7,000 or more
    Location: Pará, Amazonas. 22 villages

About the Munduruku

The Munduruku live in 32 villages, in three areas in Pará and Amazonas. They live by hunting, fishing, gathering and agriculture. The degree of bilingualism among the Munduruku is not very high, with that of the men being greater than that of the women and children.

Crofts, Marjorie, 1971, Repeated Morphs in Munduruku (341 kB), Estudos Sobre Línguas e Culturas Indígenas: 60-80.

———, 1973, Gramática Munduruku (in Portuguese, 769 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 2.

———, 1984, Ideófonos na Narração Munduruku (in Portuguese, 90 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 11: 207-218.

———, 2003, Complexidades Sociolingüísticas Ocorrentes na Tradução da Literatura de Autoria Indígena para a Língua Nacional (88 kB, in Portuguese)

———, 2004, Aspectos da Língua Munduruku (in Portuguese, 1064 kB), Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.

Sheffler, E. Margaret, 1974, Hortatory Discourse Minimums in Munduruku (166 kB)