Arára, Pará

AAP

vigorous

Alternate Names: Arára Bravos

Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar extant languages are Ikpeng , and Bakairí ,.

Genealogy:

Cariban
South Amazonian
Arara

Demographics: 340 (2010 I. Souza).

Language Use: Some adolescents also use Portuguese [por].

Language Development: A few school-aged children are learning to read and write in Arara, but nearly all literates read and write in Portuguese [por].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Brazil

Other Comments: Some groups uncontacted. Subgroups of the Arara are Apiaká or Miranya (Apingui), Arára-Pariri or Arára Mansos, Arára Bravos, Yarumá. Except for the Arára Bravos, from whom the present Arára of Pará people come, all the other subgroups are extinct.