Kadiweu language

Kadiwéu
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Kadiweu, Mbayá
Native speakers	1,600 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Guaicuruan Kadiwéu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kbc`
Glottolog	`kadi1248`^[2]

Kadiweu is a Mataco–Guaicuru language spoken by 1,200-1,800 people in Brazil. It is mainly a subject–verb–object language and its ISO 639-3 code is kbc.

Kadiwéu is a Waikurúan language spoken by about 1,000 Indians distributed over an area of 5,380 km² near the town of Bodoquena in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

References

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

Languages of Brazil

Official language

Portuguese

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Atorada Barawana Mapidian Mehinaku Palikúr Paresi Terêna Wapishana Warekena Waurá

Arawan	Deni Jamamadí Kulina Paumarí Zuruahá

Cariban	Amonap Apalaí Bakairi Carib Hixkaryana Ikpeng Macushi Pará Arára Salumá Sikiana Waiwai

Panoan	Amawaka Kashinawa Shipibo Yaminawa

Macro-Jê	Apinayé Bororo Kaingang Karajá Kayapo Krenak Ofayé Panara Rikbaktsa Suyá Timbira Xavante Xerénte

Nadahup	Dâw Hup Kakwa Nadëb

Tupian	Akwáwa Jurúna Kagwahiva Kaiwá Munduruku Nheengatu Omagua Tapirapé Tenetehara Xeta Xipaya Zo'é

Others	Aikanã Arutani Cubeo Ewarhuyana Guató Irantxe Kadiwéu Kanamarí Katawixi Kwaza Mamaindê Nambikwara Ninam Oro Win Pirahã Ticuna Tuyuca Wanano Wari’ Xukuru

Interlanguages

Sign languages

Mataco–Guaicuru languages

Matacoan	Chorote Maká Nivaclé Wichí

Guaicuruan	Abipón Guachí Kadiweu Mocoví Payaguá Pilagá Toba

Mascoian	Angaité Enlhet Enxet Kaskihá Maskoy Sanapaná

Charruan	Balomar Chaná Charrúa Güenoa

Italics indicate extinct languages

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