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Gueren language

Guerén (Guêren) is an extinct Botocudoan language of Brazil, related to Krenak. Today, several thousand Guerén people live in Olivença, but they no longer speak the language.

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Gueren
Guêren
Native toBrazil
RegionMinas Gerais
EthnicityGuerén
Extinct(date missing)
Macro-Jê
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologguer1242

Guerén (Guêren) is an extinct Botocudoan language of Brazil, related to Krenak.1 Today, several thousand Guerén people live in Olivença (now a district of Ilhéus), but they no longer speak the language.2

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References

  1. Etienne, Ignace (1909). "Les Boruns". Anthropos. 4 (4): 942–944. ISSN 0257-9774.
  2. Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.