Tags: Language.
Terêna or Etelena is spoken by 15000 Brazilians. The language has a dictionary and written grammar. Many Terênan people have low Portuguese proficiency. It is spoken in Mato Grosso do Sul. 20% are literate in their language 80% literate in Portuguese.There were once four varieties Kinikinao Terena proper Guaná and Chané which are sometimes considered separate languages (Aikhenvald 1999). Only Terena proper is still spoken.Terêna has an active–stative syntax.