Truká is an

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and unattested, but presumed, language of

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. The ethnic population is about 1,300. It was originally spoken in the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the

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in Cabrobó,

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State.

References

*Batista, Mércia Rejane Rangel. ''De caboclos da Assunção à índios Truká: estudo sobre a emergência da identidade étnica Truká''. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ-Museu Nacional, 1992. 229 p. (M.A. thesis) *CIMI Nordeste. ''Truká: violência, impunidade e descaso''. Recife: Cimi-NE, 1992. 35 p. (Série 500 Anos de Resistência) *Gerlic, Sebastián (ed.). ''Os índios na visão dos índios''. ''Truká''. Salvador: Thydêwá, 2003. * Fabre, Alain (2005)
"Truká" (''Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos.'')
Unattested languages of South America Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil {{na-lang-stub

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