Ka'apor language
| Kaapor | |
|---|---|
| Urubu | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Maranhão |
| Ethnicity | 990 Kaapor (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 800 (2006)[1] |
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Tupian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
urb |
| Glottolog |
urub1250[2] |
Kaapor (Ka’apor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.
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
- 1 2 Kaapor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Urubú-Kaapor". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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