Terêna language
Arawakan language of Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terêna or Etelena is spoken by 15,000 Brazilians. The language has a dictionary and written grammar.[3] Many Terena people have low Portuguese proficiency. It is spoken in Mato Grosso do Sul. About 20% are literate in their language, 80% literate in Portuguese.[citation needed]
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Terena may also refer to TERENA
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Terêna | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Mato Grosso do Sul |
Ethnicity | Terena people |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2006)[1] |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | ter |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:ter – Terenagqn – Kinikinao & Guanácaj – Chané |
Glottolog | tere1279 |
ELP | Terena |
Guana (Brazil)[2] |
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Terêna has an active–stative syntax[4] and verb-object-subject as default word order.[5]