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Terena Indian Language

Terena is an Arawakan language of South America, spoken by 15,000 people in Brazil. Like other Southern Arawakan languages, Terena is polysynthetic, agglutinative, and uses verb-initial sentence structure (usually VOS).

˜Terena Language Resources –

Terena Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Terena language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.

Terena Language
Demographic information on Terena from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Terena
Brief Wikipedia article on this Brazilian language.

La Lengua Terena:
Information on Terena including a linguistic map of South America. Page in Spanish.

˜Terena Culture and History Links –

The Terena of Brazil:
Online ethnography of the Terena Indians.

Terena Culture:
Article on the history and traditions of the Terena tribe.

˜Books For Sale On The Terenas –

The Terena and Caduveo of Southern Mato Grosso, Brazil:
Anthropology book on the Terena and Caduveo tribes.

Indian Books:
Evolving list of books about Native Americans in general.

˜Links, References, and Additional Information –

Os Terena

Os Índios Terena e a Guerra contra o Paraguai:
Information about the Terenas in Portuguese.

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