Apalaí

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
apy
Alternate Names
Apalay, Aparaí, Arakwayu
User Population

950, all users. L1 users: 650 (2022 SIL). L2 users: 300 (2022 SIL).

Location

Pará state: Paru Leste river; some on Jarí and Citare rivers, 20 villages; a few in Amapá state.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Cariban, Central
Typology

OVS, SOV; 12 consonants and 12 vowels (6 oral, 6 nasal).

Language Use

Vigorous. Used by all. Some also use Portuguese [por]. Some also use Trió [tri]. Some also use Wayampi [oym]. Also use Wayana [way]. Used as L2 by Trió [tri], Wayampi [oym], Wayana [way].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 70%. Literacy rate in L2: 60% in Portuguese [por]. Taught in most primary schools in early grades and as subject thereafter. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Apalaí
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.