Kaiwá language

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Kaiwá
Kayova
Native to Argentina, Brazil
Ethnicity Kaiwá people
Native speakers
 18,000  (2003)[1]
Tupian
  • Tupí–Guaraní
    • Guaraní (I)
      • Kaiwá
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kgk
Extent of the Kaiwá language in the northeast Argentine panhandle shown in teal.

Kaiwá is a Guarani language spoken by about 18,000 Kaiwá people in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 510 people in northeastern Argentina. Literacy is 5-10% in Kaiwá and 15–25% in Portuguese. Kaiwá proper is 70% lexically similar with the Pai Tavytera language, and its similarity to its linguistic cousin Guaraní, one of the two national-languages of Paraguay alongside the Spanish language, means it is even sometimes considered mutually intelligible.[1]

Sample text

Eregwata-ramo ka'agwy-rupi erehexa gwa'a. Hagwe pytã porã. Oveve áry-rupi gwa'a. Oveve-ramo, "Kaa! Kaa!" he'i. Heta oĩ gwa'a ka'agwy-rupi.[2]

Portuguese translation:[2]

Quando você passeia no mato, você vê a arara. A plumagem dela é dum vermelho bonito. A arara voa no céu. Quando voa, grita "Kaa! Kaa!" Há muitas araras n mato.

Rough English translation:

When you walk in the bush, you see the macaw. The plumage is a beautiful red. The macaw flies in the sky. When it flies, it shouts "Kaa! Kaa!" There are many macaws in the bush.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kaiwá reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Te'ýi nhe'ẽ. 5 Cartilha Kaiwá, pg 2.

Bibliography

  • Summer Institute of Linguistics (1980) Te'ýi nhe'ẽ. 5 Cartilha Kaiwá, SIL, Brasilia, DF.


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