Monde languages
The Monde languages of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family.
| Monde | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Brazil |
| Linguistic classification | Tupian
|
| Glottolog | mond1266[1] |
Cinta Larga is a dialect cluster spoken by a thousand people. Other languages are Mondé, Aruáshi, Suruí, Zoro, and Gavião do Jiparaná.
Varieties
Below is a list of Mondé language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties.[2]
- Mondé - spoken on the Ouro River, tributary of the Pimenta Bueno River, Rondônia.
- Sanamaica / Salamay - spoken on the left bank of the Pimenta Bueno River.
- Aruá - spoken on the Branco River near São Luís, Rondônia.
- Digüt - spoken on the left bank of the Machado River.
- Aruáshi - spoken by the neighbors of the Tupari tribe at the sources of the Branco River.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Monde". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
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