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Popunkare

"Popunkare" is an alternate name for the Apurina tribe, an American Indian culture of Brazil. Popunkare 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 Popunkare tribe and language:

Apurina language
Apurina words
Apurina animals
Arawakan language
Brazilian Indian
Amazon River people

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

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