Zo'é (Jo'é) is spoken by the indigenous
Zo'é people
The Zo'é people are a native tribe in the State of Pará, Municipality of Óbidos, on the Cuminapanema River, Brazil. They are a Tupi–Guarani people.
Name
They are also known as the Poturu, Poturujara, or Buré. The term "Zo'é" means "us, ...
of
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana a ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It is close to the
Emerillon language
Emerillon (otherwise known as Emerilon, Emerion, Mero, Melejo, Mereyo or Teko) is a language belonging to the Tupi–Guarani family, one of the most heavily researched language families in Amazonia. The languages related most closely to Emerillo ...
.
Zo'é is also known as Buré, Poturu, Poturujara, and Tupí of Cunimapanema.
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Tupian languages
Indigenous languages of Central Amazonia
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