Kaʼapor language

Kaapor (Kaʼapor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú," "Caapor" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken as a primary language by the Kaʼapor people of Brazil. The language is also spoken as a second language by non-Ka'apor ethnic groups, including Tembé.

There is a high incidence of congenital deafness among the Kaʼapor people, most of whom grow up bilingual in Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language, which may be indigenous to them.

Phonology

Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalplainlab.StopptkkʷʔFricativesʃhNasalmnŋŋʷRhoticɾApproximantwj Sounds /s, ʃ, m, n/ may also be heard as [ts, tʃ, ᵐb, ⁿd] in word-initial positions. /j/ may also be heard as [ʒ] or [dʒ] freely, in word-initial positions. /ɾ/ may also be heard as a trill [r] in word-final positions.

Vowels FrontCentralBackClosei ĩɨu ũMide ẽo õOpena ã

Sounds /e, o/ may also be heard as more open [ɛ, ɔ] in stressed syllables.

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