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Kayabi language

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kayabí
Kawaiwete, Caiabi
Native toBrazil
Regionnorthern Mato Grosso
Ethnicity1,620 Kayabi (2006)[1]
Native speakers
1,000 (2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyz
Glottologkaya1329
ELPKawaiwete
Distribution of Kayabi in the Xingu Indigenous Park

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.

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

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-
velar
Glottal
Plosive p t k ɡ 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

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

References

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