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Name: Timbira

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Pukobyé; Piokob; Bocobu; Gavião, Parã; Parakatêjê; Pukobjê; Canela; Kanela; Krenjé; Krahó; Canella

Spoken in: Brazil

Number of speakers: Ethnic population: 338 Parakatêjê (ISA), 473 Pukobjê (2005 ISA) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 970 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 180 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: gvp

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Jean (Gêan, Jêan, Ye, Ge, Je)

Parent Subgroup: Northeastern Jê; Northern Jean; Northeastern Jean; Northwest Ge; Northern Jê; Northern; Northeastern branch (nwge)

Child Dialect: Kanela; Canela; Canela-Krahô; Timbira; Krenjé; Krahó; Pukobyé (ram)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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