Karo language
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Karo language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Karo people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its endangered status and significance in studies of South American linguistic diversity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amazonian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Ramarama subgroup of Tupian ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Karo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tupian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arara do Rio Branco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arara of Rondônia NERFINISHED ⓘ Karo (Arara) language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous knowledge transmission ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | arr ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
person marking on verbs
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive consonant length
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ oral vowels ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
flexible word order
ⓘ
verb-final tendencies in some clauses ⓘ |
| importance | significant for studies of South American linguistic diversity ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Amazonian linguistic area ⓘ |
| isRelevantFor |
comparative Tupian studies
ⓘ
documentation of indigenous Brazilian languages ⓘ research on language endangerment ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive linguistic research
ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ |
| isUsedIn | traditional cultural practices of the Karo people ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | indigenous language of Brazil ⓘ |
| region | Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Karo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ state of Rondônia ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
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severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Ramarama branch ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Portuguese
ⓘ
loss of intergenerational transmission ⓘ socioeconomic pressure ⓘ |
| usedBy | small speech community ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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