Aweti (Brazil) - Language Contexts
- Sebastian Drude
Abstract
After a catastrophic reduction to only 23 individuals in 1953, today about 225 Awetí (in Awetí: Awytyza) live in now 5 villages the Xingu park in Brazil, where 10 ethnic groups speaking 6 languages live together for centuries. The Awetí speak a Tupian language closely related to the Tupí-Guaraní branch; many also know Kamayurá and increasingly Portuguese, as contact with the Bra-zilian society is growing more intense. Awetí has no dialects but genderlects, not clearly relatable to different adstrata. Awetí has been documented in the DOBES programme and some descriptive work has been published in the past decades.
Keywords: Awetí, Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Xingu park, Awytyza, Tupian language
How to Cite:
Drude, S., (2020) “Aweti (Brazil) - Language Contexts”, Language Documentation and Description 19, 45-65. doi: https://doi.org/10.25894/ldd64
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