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Apalaí
Native to Brazil
Ethnicity Aparai people
Native speakers
650 (2022) [1]
Cariban
  • (unclassified)
    • Apalaí
Language codes
ISO 639-3 apy
Glottolog apal1257
ELP Apalaí

Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order. [2]

References

  1. ^ Apalaí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Apalai Indian Language (Aparai)". Retrieved 21 February 2016.

External links

  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Apalaí". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.