Borôro

BOR

threatened

Alternate Names: Boe

Genealogy:

Bororoan

Demographics: 1,390 in Brazil (2007 ISA). Population total all countries: 1,392.

Language Use: Spoken by most of the ethnic group (Crevels 2007). Most children are learning Bororo as L1. Increasing Portuguese [por] use by children and young people, especially in Meruri.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1993.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Brazil