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The Kadiwéu belong to the Guaikurú
linguistic family, which includes other peoples
of the Chaco, namely the Toba (Paraguay and Argentina),
the Emók or Toba-Mirí (Paraguay),
the Mocoví (Argentina), the Abipón
(extinct) and the Payaguá (extinct). The
Kadiwéu are the most northerly of these Guaikurú
groups and the only group located to the east of
the Paraguay river, in Brazil.Some older men, women
and above all children only speak Kadiwéu.
However, a high number of Kadiwéu people
communicate easily in Portuguese. There are many
differences in the Kadiwéu language between
male and female speech. It is interesting to note
that the descendents of the Terêna who live
among the Kadiwéu use only Portuguese to
communicate within the village (they do not use
the Terêna language even among themselves).
Nonetheless, even though they do not speak the language,
they understand Kadiwéu perfectly, since
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Kadiwéu potter
photo: Mônica Pechincha, 1992
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FFLCH-USP Collection, 1987
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