Parakanã

Facts

  • Language: Parakanã
  • Alternate names: Parakanân, Parocana, Awaeté, Paracana, Paracanã, Apiteréwa, Akwawa, Akuawa, Parakaná, Asurí, Mudjetire, Suru do Tocantins,
  • Language code: pak
  • Language family: Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Tenetehara, Akwawa (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 1,286
  • Vulnerability: Dormant
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    The names and classification is somewhat confused. Asuriní do Tocantins, Parakanã, and Akwawa are now considered dialects of a single language, but sometimes are distinguished as separate languages. Ethnologue distinguishes Parakanã [pak] and Asurini, Tocantins [asu] as distinct members of the "Akwáwa subgroup".