Kayabi language

Kayabí (Caiabi; also Kawaiwete) is a Tupian language spoken by the Kayabí people of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Although the Kayabi call themselves Kagwahiva, their language is not part of the Kagwahiva language.

Kayabí
Kawaiwete, Caiabi
Native to	Brazil
Region	northern Mato Grosso
Ethnicity	1,620 Kayabi (2006)[1]
Native speakers	1,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupi–Guaraní Kawahib Kayabí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kyz
Glottolog	kaya1329
ELP	Kawaiwete

It is spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park and Apiaká-Kayabi Indigenous Territory.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t		k ɡ	kʷ	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Fricative	f	s
Tap		ɾ
Approximant			j		w

/f/ can also be heard as a bilabial fricative [ɸ].^[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ		o õ
Low		a ã

References

1. Kayabí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Souza, Patrícia de Oliveira Borges e (2004). Estudos de Aspectos da Língua Kaiabi (Tupi).

External links

• Lapierre, Myriam. 2018. Kawaiwete Field Materials. Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. doi:10.7297/X2Z036NC