Terena (Alandroal)
Terena may refer to: * Terena people, an ethnic group in Brazil * Terêna language, their language * TERENA, Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association * Terena (São Pedro), parish within the municipality Alandroal Alandroal () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Évora located on the eastern frontier with Spain along the right margin of the Guadiana River in the Central Alentejo region. It is located above sea level, northeast of Évora and sou ...

Terena People
The Terena people are an indigenous people of Brazil. Their traditional language is Terena. They live in the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a .... History and society With the establishment of the Serviço de Proteção aos Índios in 1910, the definite allocation of Indian lands shortly afterwards, and the location of a government Indian Post near Taunay in 1916, the Terena people were placed under a reservation-like system. Buriti farm incident On 15 May 2013, a group of hundreds of Terena re-occupied a parcel of land, now owned by a local politician and rancher, that they believe is part of their Indigenous ancestral territory. The Buriti farm is in the Sidrolândia municipality. After two weeks of occup ...
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Terêna Language
Terêna or Etelena is spoken by 15,000 Brazilians. The language has a dictionary and written grammar. Many Terena people have low Portuguese proficiency. It is spoken in Mato Grosso do Sul. 20% are literate in their language, 80% literate in Portuguese. Terêna has an active–stative syntax. Varieties There were once four varieties, Kinikinao, Terena proper, Guaná, and Chané, which were sometimes considered to be separate languages (Aikhenvald 1999). Carvalho (2016) has since demonstrated that all four of them are the same language. Only Terena proper is still spoken. Language contact Terena originated in the Northwestern Chaco. As a result, many Northern Guaicuruan loanwords can be found in Terena. There are also many Tupi-Guarani loanwords in Terena and other southern Arawakan languages. Phonology Consonants /w, ʃ, n, l/ may often be heard as , tʃ, ɲ, ʎ Vowels �is heard as an allophone of /i/. See also *Terena Sign Language Terena Sign Language is ...
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TERENA
The Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA, ) was a not-for-profit association of European national research and education networks (NRENs) incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The association was originally formed on 13 June 1986 as Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne (RARE) and changed its name to TERENA in October 1994. In October 2015, it again changed its name to GÉANT and at the same time acquired the shares of GEANT Limited (previously known as DANTE). Purpose The objectives of TERENA are to promote and develop high-quality international network infrastructures to support European research and education. This includes: * investigating, evaluating and deploying new network, middleware and application technologies; * supporting new networking services where appropriate; * knowledge transfer, among others in the shape of conferences, seminars and training events; * advising governments and other authorities on networking issu ...
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Terena (São Pedro)
Terena may refer to: * Terena people, an ethnic group in Brazil * Terêna language, their language * TERENA, Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association * Terena (São Pedro), parish within the municipality Alandroal Alandroal () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Évora located on the eastern frontier with Spain along the right margin of the Guadiana River in the Central Alentejo region. It is located above sea level, northeast of Évora and sou ...