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Ponpukare

"Ponpukare" is an alternate name for the Apurina tribe, an American Indian culture of Brazil. Ponpukare comes from their name for themselves in their own language, Popĩkari, which means "we people."

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Here are links to our webpages about the Ponpukare tribe and language:

Apurina language
Apurina words
Apurina animals
Arawakan
Languages in Brazil
The Amazon people

Here are a few good books about the Ponpukares:
A grammar and a vocabulary of the Ipuriná language
Comparative Arawakan Histories
Languages of the Amazon

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