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The Tembé, also Timbé and Tenetehara, are an Indigenous people of Brazil, living along the Maranhão and Gurupi Rivers,[2] in the state of Amazonas and Pará.[1] Their lands have been encroached and settled by farmers and loggers, who do so illegally, and the Tembé are working to expel the intruders from their territories.[1]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,502 (2010)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil ( Amazonas,  Pará) | |
| Languages | |
| Tembé[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Guajajara[3] |
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editTembé people speak the Tembé language, a Tupi-Guarani language. It is mutually intelligible with the Guajajára language.[2]
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edit- Tembé headdress, collection of the National Museum of the American Indian
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