proposta centro PLU-20151203-EB-HP-proposta-centro Documentation of Palikur Arawak language

The Palikur is a group of about 2300 people. Around 1400 living in Brazil, at the Indigenous Land of Uaçá, Oiapoque, Amapá, in 12 villages: Kuahi, Ywawka, Flecha, Mangue 1, Mangue 2, Tawari, Amomni, Kwikwit, Pwaytyeket, Kamuywa, Urubu and Kumenê. About 900 living in Guyane. In Brazil 80% of natives speak Palikur and Portuguese. In Guyane the French is the mother tongue of youngsters. This project goal is to document in audio and video different genres of spoken Palikur in Brazil – ritualistic speak, narratives, chants – and that aren’t transmitted to new generations anymore.