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Name:
Suyá
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Suya
Spoken in:
Brazil
Number of speakers:
330 (2002 ISA). 334 Suya (main dialect); 58 Tapayúna (ISA 1995)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
409
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
196
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
suy
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 Dialects:
Beiço de Pau; Tapayúna; Tapayuna (suy-bdp)
Yaruma; Jarumá; Waiku (suy-tar)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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