Kaiwá
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Kaiwá | ||
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Spoken in: | Argentina, Brazil | |
Total speakers: | 15,512 | |
Language family: | Kaiwá |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | kgk | |
ISO 639-3: | kgk | |
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Kaiwá is a Tupi language spoken by about 15,000 in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and also 512 in Argentina. Literacy is 5-10% in Kaiwá and 15-25% in Portuguese. It is 70% lexically similar with Pai Tavytera, and is somewhat intelligible with Guaraní.