Alternate Names: Caras-Pretas, Monjoroku, Mundurucu, Paiquize, Pari, Weidyenye
Genealogy:
Demographics: 7,500 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 10,100 (2002 FUNASA).
Language Use: Vigorous. Grasslands villages quite monolingual. Those in Jacareacanga have high proficiency in Portuguese [por]. Men, more than women, in Sai Cinza and those on the Roman Catholic mission on the Cururu occasionally use Portuguese. In many villages along the Cururu many men know trading vocabulary, many women know daily greetings.
Language Development: Grammar. NT: 1980.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Brazil
Other Comments: Population formerly decimated by outsiders’ diseases and malaria, is presently growing. Traditional religion, Christian.