Kayabi language

Kayabí
Native to Brazil
Region northern Mato Grosso
Ethnicity 1,620 Kayabi (2006)[1]
Native speakers
1,000  (2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kyz
Glottolog kaya1329[2]

Kayabí (Caiabi) is a Tupian language of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Although the Kayabi call themselves Kagwahiva, their language is not part of the Kagwahiva language.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kayabí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kayabi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.