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| Nheengatu | |
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| Modern Tupi | |
| Native to | Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2004–2008)[1] |
Tupian
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Brazil (São Gabriel da Cachoeira and Monsenhor Tabosa) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yrl |
| Glottolog | nhen1239 |
| ELP | Nheengatú |
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The Nheengatu or Nenhengatu language[2] (Tupi: [ɲɛʔɛ̃ŋaˈtu], Nheengatu from Rio Negro: yẽgatu, Traditional Nheengatu: nhẽẽgatú and Tapajoawaran Nheengatu: nheẽgatu), or Nenhengatu, also known as Modern Tupi[3]: 13 and Amazonic Tupi,[4] is a Tupi–Guarani language.
It is spoken throughout the Rio Negro region among the Baniwa, Baré and Warekena people, mainly in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, where, since 2002[citation needed] it has been one of the official languages (along with Baníwa, Yepá-masã,[clarification needed] and Portuguese). It is also spoken in the Baixo Amazonas region (in the state of Amazonas), among the Sateré-Mawé, Maraguá and Mura people, and in the Baixo Tapajós, and the state of Pará, where it is being revitalized by the people of the region, such as the Borari and the Tupinambá,[5] and also among the riverside dwellers themselves.
The language is spoken by approximately 20,060 people, in three linguistic variants in Brazil: that of the Rio Negro region, called Yẽgatu, that of the Baixo Amazonas, known as traditional Nheengatú, and that of the Baixo Rio Tapajós or Nheengatu tapajoawara, in addition to the foreign variants: Nheengatu from Venezuela (Ñeengatu) and Nheengatu from Colombia (Nyengatu). Technology further helps in the language's revitalization.
- ^ Nheengatu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ FERREIRA, A. B. H. (1986). Novo dicionário da língua portuguesa (2 ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. p. 1.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jesus, Hudson Romário Melo de (31 January 2022). "Yâdé Kiirîbawa Yepé Wasú! Uma reflexão sobre a luta Tupinambá em defesa de seu território". Revista Arqueologia Pública (in Portuguese). 17: e022001. doi:10.20396/rap.v17i00.8666579. ISSN 2237-8294. S2CID 248760708.