Akuntsu language explained
Akuntsu is a Tupian language of Brazil. Peaceful contact with the Akuntsu people was only made in 1995; they had been massacred by cattle ranchers in the 1980s. The Akuntsu language is spoken only by members of the tribe and not fully understood by any outsider.[2]
It is considered unlikely that the Akuntsu language or culture will survive following the deaths of the tribe's remaining members.[3] For this reason several observers have described the tribe as the victims of genocide.[4] The neighbouring Kanoê have been similarly reduced in number through contact with settlers,[5] as were the people of a man recently encountered living alone in the Igarapé Omerê reserve who is apparently the sole survivor of his tribe.[6] [7]
Further reading
- Aragon . Carolina Coelho . A grammar of Akuntsú, a Tupían language . 2014 . Ph.D. . University of Hawaii at Manoa . 10125/101050 . free.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Maraña . Lati . 6 June 2016 . Leader and last ever shaman of tiny Amazon tribe dies in Brazil . Survival International.
- News: Watson . Fiona . 13 October 2009 . We're watching an extinction in a lifetime . The Independent . https://web.archive.org/web/20091015151750/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fiona-watson-were-watching-an-extinction-in-a-lifetime-1801794.html . 2009-10-15 . limited . live . 8 March 2011.
- Web site: Akuntsu: The future . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101221150947/http://survivalinternational.org/tribes/akuntsu#main . 21 December 2010 . 8 March 2011 . Survival International.
- Vincent Carelli (Director) . 2009 . Corumbiara: They Shoot Indians, Don't They? . Portuguese . Vídeo nas Aldeias .
- Web site: Introduction > Kanoê. Povos Indígenas no Brasil. 8 March 2011. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).
- Web site: Last survivor of uncontacted Amazon tribe attacked. 8 March 2011. Survival International. 9 December 2009.
- News: Strange. Hannah. 'Man in the Hole', lone survivor of Amazon tribe massacre, escapes ranchers' bullets. 8 March 2011. The Sunday Times. 11 December 2009.
