Kuikuro
E755554
Kuikuro is a Cariban language spoken by the Kuikuro people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region in the Amazon.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Southern Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kalapalo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matipu language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Kuikuro villages of Upper Xingu ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Kuikuro-Kalapalo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
evidentiality distinctions ⓘ noun classifiers ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent-like distinctions ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts | community-based language documentation projects ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Upper Xingu linguistic area ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Mato Grosso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kuikuro people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazon Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Xingu region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Kuikuro villages
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.