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Southern Kayapó Language
Kayapó do Sul was a Jê language spoken by the Southern Kayapó people of Brazil in a vast region that comprised Triângulo Mineiro, Goiás, southeastern Mato Grosso, northeastern Mato Grosso do Sul, and northeastern São Paulo (Brazil), in particular on the rivers Rio Turvo, Corumbá, Meia Ponte, Tijuco, Rio das Velhas, Rio Pardo, Sucuriju, Aparé, Rio Verde, and Taquari. Alternatively, it can be considered a historical period of Panará. Two dialects have been identified based on scarce documentation of the language. The variety spoken in São José de Mossâmedes (as attested by Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl and Augustin Saint-Hilaire in short wordlists) is characterized by the retention of the Proto-Goyaz Jê rhotic ''*r''. In contrast, the variety spoken in Santana do Paranaíba (as attested by Kupfer, Carl Nehring,NEHRING, C. Sud-Cayapo: Wörterlisten. In: EHRENREICH, ''P. Materialen Zur Sprachekunde Brasiliens. Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie'', n. 26, p. 136–137, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triângulo Mineiro
The Triângulo Mineiro (, ''Mineiro Triangle'') is the region that comprises the west part of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. It occupies an area of 93,500 km2 (slightly larger than Portugal or Hungary) and is bordered to the east by Serra da Canastra (Canastra Mountains), to the south by state of São Paulo, to the north by the state of Goiás, and to the west by the junction of the Rio Grande and Paranaíba rivers. The name of the region ''The Minas Gerais Triangle'', means that the junction of these two rivers resembles a triangle . It is one of the most developed regions in the country, within an environment of high water quality resources, and agricultural environmental conditions allowing sustainable research and development center, being good places for research and development studies in tech / science fields. Home of three of the most renowned and prolific cities in the state: Uberlândia, Uberaba and Patos de Minas. Holding good results and awarded in the surveys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |