Ka'apor language

Kaapor (Ka’apor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú," "Caapor" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken as a primary language by the Ka'apor people of Brazil. The language is also spoken as a second language by non-Ka'apor ethnic groups, including Tembé. ^[2][3]

Kaapor
Urubu
Native to	Brazil
Region	Maranhão
Ethnicity	990 Kaapor (2006)[1]
Native speakers	800 (2006)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupi–Guaraní Wayampí Kaapor
Writing system	Latin script
Signed forms	Ka'apor Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	urb
Glottolog	urub1250
ELP	Kaapor

There is a high incidence of congenital deafness among the Kaapor people, most of whom grow up bilingual in Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language, which may be indigenous to them.

References

1. Kaapor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Ka'apor - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
3. "Kaapor". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-11-22.

• Lopes, Mario Alexandre Garcia (2009). Aspectos Gramaticais da Língua KA'APOR [Grammatical Aspects of the KA'APOR Language] (PhD thesis) (in Portuguese). Federal University of Minas Gerais. hdl:1843/ALDR-7R5QDU.