Bororo language

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The Bororo language, or Borôro, also known as Boe, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages.[2] It is spoken by the Bororo people, hunters and gatherers in the Central Mato Grosso region of Brazil.

Borôro
Boe Wadáru
Native toBrazil
Regioncentral Mato Grosso
EthnicityBororo people
Native speakers
1,400 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bor
ELPBororo

References

  1. ^ Borôro at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)  
  2. ^ "Bororo Indians". Retrieved 2007-09-21.

Further reading

  • Maybury-Lewis, David, and Joan Bamberger. Dialectical Societies: The Gê and Bororo of Central Brazil. Harvard studies in cultural anthropology, 1. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. ISBN 0-674-20285-6