Kayabí_language

Kayabi language

Kayabi language

Tupian language spoken in Brazil


Kayabí (Caiabi; also Kawaiwete) is a Tupian language spoken by the Kayabí people of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Although the Kayabi call themselves Kagwahiva, their language is not part of the Kagwahiva language.

Quick Facts Kayabí, Native to ...

It is spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park and Apiaká-Kayabi Indigenous Territory.

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

/f/ can also be heard as a bilabial fricative [ɸ].[2]

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

References

  1. Kayabí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Souza, Patrícia de Oliveira Borges e (2004). Estudos de Aspectos da Língua Kaiabi (Tupi).



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