Native to Brazil Ethnicity 990 Kaapor (2006) ISO 639-3 urb | Region Maranhão Native speakers 800 (2006) | |
Language family Tupian
Tupi–Guaraní
Wayampí
Kaapor | ||
Kaapor (Ka’apor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken by the Ka'apor people of French Guiana and Brazil.
There is a high incidence of congenital deafness among the Kaapor people, most of whom grow up bilingual in Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language, which may be indigenous to them.
References
Ka'apor language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA