Ka'apor language
Kaapor (Ka’apor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú," "Caapor" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken as a primary language only by the Ka'apor people of French Guiana and Brazil. The language is spoken as a second language by member non-Ka'apor ethnic groups, including Tembé. [3][4]
| Kaapor | |
|---|---|
| Urubu | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Maranhão |
| Ethnicity | 990 Kaapor (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 800 (2006)[1] |
Tupian
| |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | urb |
| Glottolog | urub1250 |
| ELP | Kaapor[2] |
The language is historically most closely related to the Wayãpi language, however the two languages are currently mutually unintelligible.
There is a high incidence of congenital deafness among the Kaapor people, most of whom grow up bilingual in Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language, which may be indigenous to them.
References
- Kaapor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Kaapor.
- "Ka'apor - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- "Kaapor". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- Lopes, Mario Alexandre Garcia (2009). Aspectos Gramaticais da Língua KA'APOR [Grammatical Aspects of the KA'APOR Language] (PhD thesis) (in Portuguese). Federal University of Minas Gerais. hdl:1843/ALDR-7R5QDU.
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