Harshen Teréna

TerênaEtelenaNative toBrazilRegionMato Grosso do SulEthnicityTerena peopleNative speakers16,000 (2006)Terena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)Kinikinao & Guaná at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)Chané at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)Language familyArawakan
Southern
 Bolivia–Parana
 TerênaLanguage codesISO 639-2terISO 639-3Variously:ter – Terenagqn – Kinikinao & Guanácaj – ChanéGlottologtere1279ELPTerena  Guana (Brazil) Endangered Languages Project data for Guana (Brazil) .
Mutanen Brazil 15,000 ne ke magana da Terêna ko Etelena . Harshen yana da ƙamus da rubutu na nahawu.  Yawancin mutanen Terena suna da ƙarancin ƙwarewar Portuguese . Ana magana a cikin Mato Grosso do Sul . Kusan kashi 20% masu karatu ne a cikin yarensu, kashi 80% na Fotigal.[ ake bukata</span> ]

Terêna yana kuma da aiki-sative syntax  da fi'ili-abu-abu a matsayin tsohowar kalma. 

 Iri 
Terêna yana da iri huɗu: Kinikinao, Terena dace, Guaná, da Chané . Waɗannan nau'ikan wasu lokuta an ɗauke su a matsayin harsuna daban.  Carvalho (2016) tun daga lokacin ya nuna duka huɗun su zama harshe ɗaya.  Terena kawai ta dace har yanzu ana magana.

 Tuntuɓar harshe 
Terena ta samo asali ne daga Arewa maso yammacin Chaco .  Sakamakon haka, ana Kuma iya samun yawancin kalmomin lamuni na Guaicuruan a Terena. 

Hakanan akwai kalmomin lamuni na Tupi-Guarani sannan da yawa a cikin Terena da sauran harsunan Arawakan na kudanci..Carvalho, Fernando O. de. Tupi-Guarani Loanwords in Southern Arawak: Taking Contact Etymologies Seriously .

 Fasahar sauti 

 Consonants 
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalPlosivevoicelesspt(tʃ)kʔprenasalᵐbⁿdᵑɡFricativevoicelesssʃhprenasalⁿzⁿʒNasalmn(ɲ)TapɾLaterall(ʎ)Approximantw ~ vj

 Wasula 
FrontCentralBackHighi ĩ iː(ɨ)u ũ uːMide ẽ eːo õ oːɛ ɛːɔ ɔːLowa ã aː
[ɨ] ana jin shi azaman allophone na /i/. 

 Duba kuma 

 Terena Sign Language

 Magana