Kayabí language

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The Kayabí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Kayabí people of Brazil, known for its role in preserving their cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kamayurá language 3
Kayabí language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American indigenous language
endangered language
indigenous language
continent South America
country Brazil
ethnicity Kayabí people
family Tupian language family
linked to: Tupian languages
hasAlternativeName Caiabi
Cayabi
linked to: Caiabi

Kaiabi
Kawaiwete
Kayabi
hasCommunityEffort local revitalization initiatives
hasDomain kinship terminology
mythology of the Kayabí people
traditional ecological knowledge
hasEducationalUse bilingual education in some Kayabí communities
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
head-marking language
hasMorphologicalFeature derivational suffixes
person marking on verbs
rich verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
nasal vowels
oral vowels
hasSpeakers Kayabí community in Brazil
ISO639-3 kyz
isPartOf indigenous languages of Brazil
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic studies
language documentation projects in Brazil
languageFamily Tupian
region Brazilian Amazon
linked to: Amazon Basin

Mato Grosso
role preservation of Kayabí cultural heritage
preservation of Kayabí linguistic heritage
spokenBy Kayabí people
spokenIn Brazil
status vulnerable
subclassOf natural language
subjectObjectVerbOrder SOV (tendency)
threatenedBy language shift to Portuguese
usedAlongside Brazilian Portuguese
usedFor daily communication within Kayabí villages
oral tradition
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tupian wellKnownLanguage Kayabí language
Tupian wellKnownLanguage Kamayurá language
linked to: Kayabí language
Mehináku language hasNeighbouringLanguages Kamayurá language
linked to: Kayabí language
Tupian languages includesLanguage Kamayurá language
linked to: Kayabí language