Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order.[2]
Apalaí | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Aparai people |
Native speakers | 650 (2022)[1] |
Cariban
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | apy |
Glottolog | apal1257 |
ELP | Apalaí |
References
edit- ^ Apalaí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Apalai Indian Language (Aparai)". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
External links
edit- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Apalaí". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.