Tenetehara language
| Tenetehára | |
|---|---|
| Guajajara | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Maranhão |
| Ethnicity | 19,500 Guajajara (2006), 820 Tembé (1999), 60 Turiwara (1998) |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2006) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:gub – Guajajaratqb – Tembé |
| Glottolog | temb1276 |
Tenetehára is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken in the state of Maranhão in Brazil. Sociolinguistically, it is two languages, each spoken by the Guajajara and the Tembé people, though these are mutually intelligible. Tembé was spoken by less than a quarter of its ethnic population of 820 in 2000; Guajajara, on the other hand, is more robust, being spoken by two-thirds of its 20,000 people.