Karitiana

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Caiuá
Canela
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Hupda
Ikpeng
Jamamadi
Jarawara
Juma
Kaapor
Kadiwéu
Kaingang
Kamayurá
Karajá
Karipuna do Amapá
Karitiana
Kaxaxari
Kayabi
Kayapó
Krahô
Kuikuro
Kurâ-Bakairi
Mamaindé
Maxakali
Munduruku
Nadëb
Nambikuara
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Paumari
Pirahã
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Sateré-Mawé
Surui do Pará
Suruí de Rondônia
Suyá
Tenharim
Terena
Waiãpi
Waurá
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Karitiana

Basic Data
    Name: Karitiana
    Alternative Names: Caritiana
    Language Classification: Tupi, Arikem
    Population: 150 (1995 SIL)
    Location: Rondônia

About the Karitiana

At 92 kilometers from the state capital, Porto Velho, the Karitiana live in an area marked out in 1987. They live basically by hunting, fishing, and their substistence fields. Karitiana is the language spoken inthe village, although they are bilingual in Portuguese because of permanent contact with the people of the region. The Karitiana are known in the region for their beautiful artwork.

Landin, David, 1976, Karitiâna Clauses (298 kB), Summer Institute of Linguistics.

———, 1984, An Outline of the Syntactic Structure of Karitiâna Sentences (465 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 11: 219-254.

———, 1988, As Orações Karitiana (in Portuguese, 118 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 9, Vol. 2: 30-50.

———, 2005, Dicionário e Léxico Karitiana/Português (in Portuguese, 472 kB), Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.

Landin, Rachel M., 1982, Word Order Variation in Karitiâna (386 kB), Summer Institute of Linguistics.

———, 1987, Conjunções Karitiana de Nível Superior (in Portuguese, 116 kB), Série Lingúística Nº 9, Vol 1: 199-206.