Apalaí language
| Apalaí | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Aparai people |
Native speakers | (450 cited 1993)[1] |
Cariban
| |
| 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[]
- ^ Apalaí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- Cariban languages
- Languages of Brazil
- Agglutinative languages
- Object–verb–subject languages
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs