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Kwaza
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| Indigenous Group |
Kwaza (Also known as: Kwazá, Koaiá, Koaya, Coaiá, Quaia, Tsãrã
csinuténaher, Tsãrã csuhuinaheré)
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| Location |
Brazil, Rondônia State, Tubarão-Latundê Indigenous Land, Pimenta Bueno
River area, Chupinguaia
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| Estimated Population |
25 (1998,
Instituto Socioambiental) |
| Environment |
Rainforest
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunting / Fishing
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| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated
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| Language Family |
Kwazá (Nearly Extinct)
Classification:
Unclassified
Alternate Names: Koaiá
Tubarão
Classification:
Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Unclassified
Alternate Names:
Aikanã, Wari, Uari, Corumbiara, Kolumbiara, Huari
Dialects:
Masaká (Massaca)
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| Website URLs |
Indigenous People in Brazil: Kwazá
Ethnologue: Tubarão, A Language of Brazil
Grammar of Kwaza: Linguist List
Ethnologue Map: Languages of Brazil
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| NGOs |
Foundation for Endangered Languages
Massaká Association of the Aikanã, Latundê and Kuazá Indigenous Peoples
Proteção Ambiental Cacoalense (PACA)
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