Terena language
E168156
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terena language canonical | 2 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
South American language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Terena people ⓘ |
| family |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan language family
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Cachoeirinha
ⓘ
Etelena ⓘ Tereno ⓘ Terêna ⓘ Xanéu ⓘ
surface form:
Xaneu
Xanéu ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Guana
ⓘ
Kinikinao ⓘ Terena proper ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | ter ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Maipurean ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHigher |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan
|
| primaryCountryOfUse | Brazil ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Mato Grosso do Sul ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Upper Orinoco Arawakan
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Arawakan
|
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | Terena communities in Mato Grosso do Sul ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local community education in Terena villages
ⓘ
oral storytelling of Terena people ⓘ traditional Terena cultural practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.