Resigaro

E618317

Resigaro is an indigenous Arawakan language of the northwestern Amazon, traditionally spoken by a small community in the Peru–Brazil border region and now critically endangered.

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Resigaro canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
belongsTo indigenous languages of Brazil ⓘ
indigenous languages of Peru ⓘ
borderRegion Peru–Brazil border region ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
documentationStatus poorly documented ⓘ
endangermentCause assimilation policies ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ
small speaker population ⓘ
ethnicGroup Resígaro people ⓘ
hasContactWith Bora language ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
intergenerationalTransmission severely disrupted ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Brazil ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
isSpokenBy indigenous community ⓘ
languageBranch Western Arawakan ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Bora language ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
linguisticArea Northwestern Amazonian linguistic area ⓘ
macroArea Amazonia ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers very few ⓘ
region northwestern Amazon ⓘ
revitalizationNeed urgent ⓘ
speakerCommunitySize small community ⓘ
status critically endangered ⓘ
subfamily Northern Arawakan languages ⓘ
linked to: Arawakan languages
threatenedBy dominance of Portuguese ⓘ
dominance of Spanish ⓘ
traditionalLifestyleOfSpeakers hunting and fishing ⓘ
riverine communities ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
typologicalFeature complex person marking ⓘ
derivational verbal affixes ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
UNESCOStatus critically endangered ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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