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".