Bakairi

E760089

Bakairi is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Bakairi people of central Brazil.

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Bakairi canonical 5

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Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language
indigenous language
language of Brazil
alternateName Bakairí
Kari
Kurâ
associatedWith Bakairi culture
continent South America
country Brazil
ethnicGroup Bakairi people
hasGlottocode baka1274
hasGlottologName Bakairi
hasISO6393Code bkq
hasPhylum Cariban language family
linked to: Carib languages
hasTypologicalFeature SOV basic word order (subject–object–verb)
agglutinative morphology
isPartOf Southern Cariban languages
languageFamily Cariban
languageStatus endangered language
region Mato Grosso
spokenBy Bakairi people
spokenIn Brazil
central Brazil
usedIn daily communication within Bakairi communities
ritual practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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