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The Tembé and the Guajajara speak the same language, Tenetehara, of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family. The Tembé dialect has a dictionary in two volumes by Max Boudin. The Tembé that live near the Guamá River no longer speak their Indigenous tongue. Those who live on both margins of the Gurupi River, on the other hand, know not only their language and Portuguese but also the Ka'apor tongue.

01:: Jovens iniciadas na festa Wihaohawo ("festa da moça"ou "festa do moqueado"), realizada durante a visita dos Tembé do Guamá ao Gurupi. Da esquerda para a direita, a primeira menina e do Guamá, a segunda é do Gurupi e terceira uma índia Urugu da aldeia Japómirá.
photo: Virgínia Valadão,1983

Virgínia Valadão (†)
Centro de Trabalho Indigenista
Adapted by the staff of ISA
September, 2001
 
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