The Júma are an indigenous people of Brazil, who lived in the Terra Indígena Juma in the Amazonas, along the

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, a tributary of

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Name

The Júma are also known as Kagwahibm, Kagwahiph, Kagwahiv, Kavahiva, Kawahip, Kawaib, and Yumá people.

Population

In the 18th century, the Juma numbered between 12,000–15,000 people."Juma: Introduction."
''Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil.'' Retrieved 27 March 2012 The Juma numbered 300 in 1940. In 1998, there were only four Juma people.. As of 2021, there are 17 descendants of Aruká's, the last elder Juma member, who died from

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in 2021 in Porto Velho. He was survived by his three daughters and grandchildren.

Language

The Júma people spoke one of the nine varieties of the Kagwahiva language, which belongs to Subgroup VI of the Tupi-Guarani languages. The last native speaker, called Aruka Juma, died in 2021. Furthermore, the language has been documented since 2019 through the recording of vocabulary lists, traditional narratives, everyday stories, etc. Some of the texts can accessed through the website of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Juma People Ethnic groups in Brazil Indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Extinct ethnic groups