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Acroa Indian Language (Acroá-Mirim, Akroa, Coroá)

Acroa was a Macro-Je language of South America. It was once spoken in Brazil, but today few records of it remain. The Acroa people were moved to distant missions along with Indians from unrelated tribes, where they soon lost their language and began speaking only Portuguese. "Acroá" is a tribal name meaning "bow-hunters." Of course, many tribes of the Amazon hunted with bow and arrow, but the Acroa considered themselves especially good at it. "Acroá-Mirim" means "Acroá language." Alternate spellings of these names have included Akroa, Akroá, Acaroa, Acaroá, Akaroa, Coroá, Coroa, Koroa, or Acorane.

Acroa Language Resources

Acroa:
Wikipedia article on the Acroa language.

Acroa Language Tree:
Theories about Acroa's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Idioma Akraá:
Information about the Akroa language in Spanish.

OLAC: Acroa:
Reference list of Acroa language materials.

Os Akroá e outros povos indígenas na fronteira do sertão:
Information about the Acroas and their language in Portuguese.

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