Maria das Dores de Oliveira

This article is about the Brazilian linguist. For the Portuguese actor, see Maria das Dores.
Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu)
Born1964
Brejo dos Padres, Tacaratu (Pernambuco, Brazil)
NationalityPankararú (Brazilian)
Occupationlinguist
Academic background
Alma materUniversidade Federal de Alagoas
ThesisOfayé, a língua do Povo do Mel. Fonologia e Gramática (2006)
Doctoral advisorJanuacele Francisca da Costa, Adair Pimentel Palácio
Academic work
InstitutionsFUNAI, Ilhéus
Main interestsOfayé language

Maria das Dores de Oliveira (Maria Pankararu) is a Pankararú linguist. She is best known as the first indigenous scholar to have obtained a doctoral degree in Brazil.[1][2][3] Her research has focused on the description of the moribund Ofayé language of the Macro-Jê language family, spoken in Brazlândia, Mato Grosso do Sul.

  1. ^ Gois, Antônio (17 April 2006). "Título de doutor é concedido pela primeira vez a indígena" [Doctoral title is awarded for the first time to an indigenous woman]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Maria Pankararu (1964 – )". Mulher 500 Anos Atrás dos Panos. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ Cunha, Almir Farias da (3 May 2006). "Maria Pankararu – Doutora Índia do Brasil" [Maria Pankararu – Indian Doctor from Brazil]. Vermelho (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2020.