Kaapor | |
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Urubu | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Maranhão |
Ethnicity | 990 Kaapor (2006) |
Native speakers
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800 (2006) |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | urub1250 |
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.