Parana Surai ( Aikewara, Akewara, Akewere, “Mudjétira”, “Mudjetíre”, “Mudjetíre-Suruí”, Sororos, Suruí, Suruí do Pará ) is a Tupi language spoken by the Parana Surui people who live in the municipality of São João do Araguaia in the Araguaia region, 110 km from the city of Maraba, State of Para in Brazil.
| Paranian Surai | |
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| Countries | Brazil |
| Regions | Couple |
| Total number of speakers | 260 (2006) |
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| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | mdz |
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Some linguists, such as, for example, Aryon Dal'Iña-Rodríguez, Parano Surau is considered as a dialect of the aqua language. Other dialects of aquavas are paracanan and Tokatinsky asurini. It differs from the Zhiparan Surai dialect. He is a member of the subgroup aqua.
Links
- Paranian Surai in Ethnologue
- About the Paranian Surai language