Akuntsu language

Akuntsu
Native toBrazil
EthnicityAkuntsu people
Native speakers
4 (2016)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3aqz
Glottologakun1241
ELPAkuntsú
Approximate location where Akuntsu is spoken
Approximate location where Akuntsu is spoken
Akuntsu
Coordinates: 12°50′0″S 60°58′0″W / 12.83333°S 60.96667°W / -12.83333; -60.96667

Akuntsu is a Tupian language of Brazil.[2] Peaceful contact with the Akuntsu people was only made in 1995; they had been massacred by cattle ranchers in the 1980s.[3]

It is considered unlikely that the Akuntsu language or culture will survive following the deaths of the tribe's remaining members.[4] For this reason several observers have described the tribe as the victims of genocide.[5] The neighbouring Kanoê have been similarly reduced in number through contact with settlers,[6] 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.[7][8]

  1. ^ Maraña, Lati (6 June 2016). "Leader and last ever shaman of tiny Amazon tribe dies in Brazil". Survival International.
  2. ^ Aragon 2014.
  3. ^ Watson, Fiona (13 October 2009). "We're watching an extinction in a lifetime". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Akuntsu: The future". Survival International. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  5. ^ Vincent Carelli (Director) (2009). Corumbiara: They Shoot Indians, Don't They? (in Portuguese). Vídeo nas Aldeias.
  6. ^ Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > Kanoê". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  7. ^ Survival International (9 December 2009). "Last survivor of uncontacted Amazon tribe attacked". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  8. ^ Strange, Hannah (11 December 2009). "'Man in the Hole', lone survivor of Amazon tribe massacre, escapes ranchers' bullets". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.