Suruí | |
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Paíter | |
Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Paiter |
Native speakers
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1,000 (2006) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | suru1262 |
Suruí (of Jiparaná), also known as Paíter or Suruí-Paíter, is a Tupian language of Brazil. The Suruí of Rondônia call themselves Paiter, which means “the true people, we ourselves". They speak a language of the Tupi group and Monde language family. There were 1,171 Suruí-Paíter in 2010.