The Latundê, also known as the Leitodu, are an

indigenous peoples of Brazil Indigenous peoples in Brazil or Native Brazilians () are the peoples who lived in Brazil before European contact around 1500 and their descendants. Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 district tribes and nations inhabiting what ...

. They live in the Aikaná-Latundê Indigenous Reserve in the southern

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in the southwestern

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. They share the indigenous territory with the Kwaza and

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. Together the three tribes founded the Massaká Association of the Aikanã, Latundê and Kuazá Indigenous Peoples in 1996 to protect their rights.van der Voort, Hein
"Kwazá."
''Povos Indígenas no Brasil.'' 1998. Retrieved 17 Feb 2012.

Name

They are also known as the Lacondê, Leitodu, or Yalapmunxte people.Anonby 6

Language

The Latundê language is classified as a northern

Nambikwara language Nambikwara (also called ''Nambiquara'' and ''Southern Nambiquara'', to distinguish it from '' Mamaindê'') is an indigenous language spoken by the Nambikwara, who reside on federal reserves covering approximately 50,000 square kilometres of land ...

. Their language is also called Mamainde.

History

A Latundê village was discovered by outsiders in the Tubarão-Latundê Reserve in 1977; however, the villagers caught measles in 1980, and the majority of them died. The surviving Latundê on that reserve live in the Barroso Village. Because of their small numbers, they have intermarried with Kwazá and Aikanã people.Anoby 22

Notes

References

*Anoby, Stan
"Language Use on the Tubarão-Latundê Reserve, Rondônia, Brazil."
SIL International, 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Latunde People Indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples of the Amazon