Amonap language

Amonap, also known as Apalakiri or Kuikúro-Kalapálo or Matipuy, is a Cariban language spoken by the Kuikuro and Kalapalo peoples of Brazil. It is spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Mato Grosso.[3]

Amonap
Kuikúro-Kalapálo
Native toBrazil
RegionXingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
EthnicityKuikuro, Kalapalo, Matipu
Native speakers
1,000 (2006)[1]
Cariban
  • (Nahukwa)
    • Amonap
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kui  Kuikuro
mzo  Matipuhy
Glottolognucl1656
ELPKuikuro[2]

References

  1. Kuikuro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Matipuhy at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Kuikuro.
  3. Seki, Lucy. 2011. Alto Xingu: uma área linguística? In: Franchetto, Bruna (ed.), Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue, p. 57-85. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio/FUNAI. (in Portuguese)


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