Kayabi language

Kayabí
Native to Brazil
Region northern Mato Grosso
Ethnicity 1,620 Kayabi (2006)[1]
Native speakers
1,000 (2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kyz
Glottolog kaya1329[2]

Kayabí (Caiabi) is a Tupian language of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Although the Kayabi call themselves Kagwahiva, their language is not part of the Kagwahiva language.

References

  1. 1 2 Kayabí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kayabí". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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