Puruborá

E598486
endangered language indigenous language

Puruborá is an indigenous language of Brazil belonging to the Tupian family, traditionally spoken by the Puruborá people of the Amazon region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ipurinã 2

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endangered language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
associatedPeople Puruborá people NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToLanguagePhylum Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalRegion Amazon basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to Portuguese ⓘ
ethnicGroup Puruborá people NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution western Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Puroborá NERFINISHED ⓘ
Purovora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Purubora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puruborá language ⓘ
hasSpeakers very small number of speakers ⓘ
hasType native language of Brazil ⓘ
isIndigenousLanguageOf Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 pur ⓘ
languageFamily Tupian ⓘ
languageShiftTo Portuguese ⓘ
languageStatus revitalization efforts underway ⓘ
location Rondônia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryContactLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
region Amazon region ⓘ
spokenIn indigenous territories of Rondônia ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
usedBy Puruborá people NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apurinã language → alternativeName → Puruborá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ipurinã
Apurinã language → autonym → Puruborá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ipurinã
Tupian → majorBranch → Puruborá ⓘ