The Kapinawâ are an indigenous people of Buíque, Pernambuco in eastern Brazil.

In addition to their primary residence in Buíque, they are also found in Tupanatinga and Ibimirim municipalities.

Language

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Kapinawâ
(unattested)
RegionPernambuco
Extinct(date missing)
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpn
Glottologkapi1248
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The Kapinawa are monolingual in Portuguese. Their original language is unattested and cannot be shown to have been distinct from neighboring languages.[1]

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