Akuntsu language
| Akuntsu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Akuntsu people |
Native speakers | 6 (2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
aqz |
| Glottolog |
akun1241[2] |
Akuntsu is an undocumented 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.[3] The Akuntsu language is spoken only by members of the tribe and not fully understood by any outsider.[4]
It is considered unlikely that the Akuntsu language or culture will survive following the deaths of the tribe's remaining members.[5] For this reason several observers have described the tribe as the victims of genocide.[6] The neighbouring Kanoê have been similarly reduced in number through contact with settlers,[7] 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.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Akuntsu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Akuntsu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fiona-watson-were-watching-an-extinction-in-a-lifetime-1801794.html
- ↑ Watson, Fiona (13 October 2009). "We're watching an extinction in a lifetime". The Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ↑ Survival International. "Akuntsu: The future". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ↑ Vincent Carelli (Director) (2009). Corumbiara: They Shoot Indians, Don't They? (in Portuguese). Vídeo nas Aldeias.
- ↑ Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > Kanoê". Povos Indígenas 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.
External links
- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Akuntsú". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
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