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Karajá language
Macro-Je language spoken in Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Karaja (disambiguation).
"Karayá language" redirects here. Not to be confused with Karay-a language.
Karajá, also known as Iny rybè, is spoken by the Karajá people in some thirty villages in central Brazil.
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Karajá | |
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Iny rybè[1]: 1 | |
Pronunciation | [iˌnə̃ ɾɨˈbɛ][1]: 1 |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Araguaia River |
Ethnicity | 3,600 Karajá people (2007)[2] |
Native speakers | 2,700 (2006)[2] |
Macro-Jê
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kpj |
Glottolog | kara1500 |
ELP | Karajá |
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There are distinct male and female forms of speech; one of the principal differences is that men drop the sound /k/, which is pronounced by women.
Karaja is a verb-final language,[3] with simple noun and more complex verbal morphology that includes noun incorporation. Verbs inflect for direction as well as person, mood, object, and voice.