alternate_names: "Ñeengatú; Nhengatu; Yeral; Geral; Língua Geral; Nyengatú; Nyengato; Ñeegatú; Waengatu; Língua Jeral; Jeral; Língua Geral Amazônica; Nheengatú; Tapïhïya;",
lang_description: "",
classification: "Tupian; Tupi-Guaranian; Tupi",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "",
private_comment: null,
source_id:89800,
speakers: [
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speaker_number_text: "8,000",
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children: null,
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older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: null,
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: "3,000 in Brazil (1998).",
private_comment: null,
source_id:1511,
preferred: 0,
},
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code_id:2971,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "8,000",
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public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:1521,
preferred: 0,
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code_id:2971,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "8,000",
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semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
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date_of_info: null,
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:1881,
preferred: 0,
},
{
id:5304,
code_id:2971,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "3,000",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "1977",
public_comment: "Nheengatu is a creolised version of Tupinambá (Tupi-Guarani), which was spread from the east coast by white merchants and missionaries. It was widely used as a lingua franca among indigenous groups and is still used among various groups, some as a first language, others as only a second language. Estimates of numbers of speakers vary widely and it is difficult to get accurate figures.",
private_comment: null,
source_id:7831,
preferred: 0,
},
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id:9730,
code_id:2971,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "4294",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "~4294",
date_of_info: "1977 for Brazil, 2001 for Venezuela",
public_comment: "3000 speakers in Brazil and 1294 speakers out of an ethnic population of 1294 people (2001) in Venezuela",
private_comment: null,
source_id:87998,
preferred: 0,
},
{
id:31805,
code_id:2971,
speaker_number: "10000-99999",
speaker_number_text: "19,060",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "2005",
public_comment: "In Brazil: 10,300 in Brazil (2005)
In Colombia: 8,000 in Colombia (2004)
In Venezuela: 760 in Venezuela (2001 census); very few if any (Crevels 2007).",