Kayapo language

Kayapó
Native to Brazil
Region Mato Grosso
Ethnicity Kayapo
Native speakers
 7,100  (2006)[1]
Macro-Ge

  • Ge

    • Northwest
      • Kayapó
Language codes
ISO 639-3 txu
Glottolog kaya1330[2]

Kayapó is a Ge language of Brazil. The majority are monolingual, and most who are bilingual speak other indigenous languages; perhaps 1% speak Portuguese.

References

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

See also