Kwaza language
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| Kwaza | ||
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| Spoken in: | Brazil | |
| Total speakers: | 25 (as of 1998) | |
| Language family: | Unclassified. Kwaza |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sai | |
| ISO 639-3: | xwa — tentative [1] | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Kwaza (also written Kwazá or Koaiá) is an endangered, unclassified language spoken by the Kwaza people of Brazil. As of 1998 there were only 25 known speakers, though over half of these were children.
[edit] Further reading
- van der Voort, Hein (2004). A Grammar of Kwaza. Mouton de Gruyter.
- van der Voort, Hein (November 1998). Kwazá. Encylopedia of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil.
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