Kayabí language

E596812

American indigenous language endangered language indigenous language

The Kayabí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Kayabí people of Brazil, known for its role in preserving their cultural and linguistic heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kamayurá language	3
Kayabí language canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American indigenous language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
ethnicity	Kayabí people NERFINISHED ⓘ
family	Tupian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Caiabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cayabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaiabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kawaiwete NERFINISHED ⓘ Kayabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommunityEffort	local revitalization initiatives ⓘ
hasDomain	kinship terminology ⓘ mythology of the Kayabí people ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasEducationalUse	bilingual education in some Kayabí communities ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ head-marking language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	derivational suffixes ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive nasalization ⓘ nasal vowels ⓘ oral vowels ⓘ
hasSpeakers	Kayabí community in Brazil ⓘ
ISO639-3	kyz ⓘ
isPartOf	indigenous languages of Brazil ⓘ
isSubjectOf	descriptive linguistic studies ⓘ language documentation projects in Brazil ⓘ
languageFamily	Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mato Grosso NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	preservation of Kayabí cultural heritage ⓘ preservation of Kayabí linguistic heritage ⓘ
spokenBy	Kayabí people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	vulnerable ⓘ
subclassOf	natural language ⓘ
subjectObjectVerbOrder	SOV (tendency) ⓘ
threatenedBy	language shift to Portuguese ⓘ
usedAlongside	Brazilian Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication within Kayabí villages ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tupian → wellKnownLanguage → Kayabí language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kamayurá language

Mehináku language → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Kayabí language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kamayurá language

Tupian languages → includesLanguage → Kayabí language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kamayurá language