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Akuntsu | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Akuntsu people |
Native speakers | 4 (2016) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aqz |
Glottolog | akun1241 |
ELP | AkuntsĂş |
Akuntsu is a Tupian language of Brazil. Peaceful contact with the Akuntsu people was only made in 1995; they had been massacred by cattle ranchers in the 1980s. The Akuntsu language is spoken only by members of the tribe and "not fully understood by any outsider."
It is considered unlikely that the Akuntsu language or culture will survive following the deaths of the tribe's remaining members. For this reason several observers have described the tribe as the victims of genocide. The neighbouring Kanoê have been similarly reduced in number through contact with settlers, as were the people of a man recently encountered living alone in the Igarapé Omerê reserve who is apparently the sole survivor of his tribe.
References※
- ^ Maraña, Lati (6 June 2016). "Leader and last ever shaman of tiny Amazon tribe dies in Brazil". Survival International.
- ^ Aragon 2014.
- ^ Watson, Fiona (13 October 2009). "We're watching an extinction in a lifetime". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Akuntsu: The future". Survival International. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Vincent Carelli (Director) (2009). Corumbiara: They Shoot Indians, "Don't They?" (in Portuguese). VĂdeo nas Aldeias.
- ^ Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > KanoĂŞ". Povos IndĂgenas no Brasil. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Survival International (9 December 2009). "Last survivor of uncontacted Amazon tribe attacked". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Strange, Hannah (11 December 2009). "'Man in the Hole', lone survivor of Amazon tribe massacre, escapes ranchers' bullets". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
Further reading※
- Aragon, Carolina Coelho (2014). A grammar of AkuntsĂş, a TupĂan language (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaii at Manoa. hdl:10125/101050.
External links※
- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of AkuntsĂş". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
- Phonological Inventory
- TuLaR (Tupian Languages Resources)
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