Tapirapé language
Tapirapé | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Mato Grosso |
Ethnicity | Tapirapé |
Native speakers | 560 (2006)[1] |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | taf |
Glottolog | tapi1254 |
ELP | Tapirapé |
Tapirapé (also known as Apyãwa) is a Tupí-Guaraní language of Brazil.
Language contact[]
Ribeiro (2012) finds a number of Apyãwa loanwords in Karajá (such as bèhyra ‘carrying basket’, kòmỹdawyra ‘andu beans’, hãrara ‘macaw (sp.)’, tarawè ‘parakeet (sp.)’, txakohi ‘Txakohi ceremonial mask’, hyty ‘garbage (Javaé dialect)’) as well as several Karajá loans in Apyãwa (tãtã ‘banana’, tori ‘White man’, marara ‘turtle stew’, irãwore ‘Irabure ceremonial mask’). Some of the latter loans are also found in other Tupí-Guaraní languages closely related to Apyãwa, such as Parakanã and (sata ‘banana’, toria ‘White man’).Ribeiro, Eduardo Rivail (2012). A grammar of Karajá (Ph.D. dissertation). Chicago: University of Chicago.</ref>: 10–2
References[]
Tapirapé language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- ^ Tapirapé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Categories:
- Tupi–Guarani languages
- Languages of Brazil
- Tupian language stubs