Truká language
Extinct language of Brazil
| Truká | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Pernambuco, Bahia |
| Extinct | Latter half of 20th century[1] |
Language family | (unattested) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tka |
| Glottolog | truk1242 |
Truká is an extinct and unattested, but presumed, language of Brazil. The ethnic population is about 1,300.
It was originally spoken in the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó, Pernambuco State.[2]
References
Further reading
- Batista, Mércia Rejane Rangel. De caboclos da Assunção à índios Truká: estudo sobre a emergência da identidade étnica Truká. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ-Museu Nacional, 1992. 229 p. (M.A. thesis)
- CIMI Nordeste. Truká: violência, impunidade e descaso. Recife: Cimi-NE, 1992. 35 p. (Série 500 Anos de Resistência)
- Gerlic, Sebastián (ed.). Os índios na visão dos índios. Truká. Salvador: Thydêwá, 2003.
- Fabre, Alain (2005): "Truká" (Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos.)
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