Turiwára or Turiuara are an
indigenous people of Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Brazil ( pt, povos indígenas no Brasil) or Indigenous Brazilians ( pt, indígenas brasileiros, links=no) once comprised an estimated 2000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now the country of Brazil, before European con ...
, living in the states 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 ...
and
Amazonas. In 1995, their population was 30. Their language,
Turiwára, which belongs to subgroup VIII of the
Tupi-Guarani languages, is extinct.
"Turiwára."
''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved 11 April 2012.
References
External links
Turwára artwork
National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
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