Arikapú

Overview

The ISA account records Arikapú as the people's own name and connects their oral history with the upper Rio Branco. It describes displacement and settlement in Rio Branco and Guaporé Indigenous Lands. Arikapú and Djeoromitxí are related but distinct communities; historical names and old speaker counts cannot establish present identity or vitality.

Glottolog credits Mamoa Arikapú, Nazaré Arikapú and Hein van der Voort as coauthors of the 2010 Arikapú–Portuguese vocabulary, published by Cadernos de Etnolingüística. This bibliographic record recognizes named contributors and a bilingual documentation resource. No dictionary entries, recordings or stories are reproduced, and the book's contents are not inferred from its catalogue.

History & identity

Community account and credited vocabulary record

Sources & representation

Selected public institutional passages retained.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

1. 01

   Arikapu: Indigenous Peoples in Brazil

   Instituto Socioambiental

2. 02

   Vocabulário Arikapú-Português

   Mamoa Arikapú, Nazaré Arikapú and Hein van der Voort

Language & cultural connections

Source-supported language and cultural connections have not yet been compiled for this profile.

References

Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.

1. Institutional community accountArikapu: Indigenous Peoples in BrazilResearch access: 2026-10-12
2. Scholarly vocabulary bibliographyVocabulário Arikapú-PortuguêsResearch access: 2026-10-12

Image credits

Imagined Arikapú bilingual documentation workspace with paired blank cards

AI contextual illustration. Setting, tools and layout imagined; not ethnographic evidence.