Kaapor Sign Language
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A language of Brazil
Alternate Names
Ka’apor Sign Language, LSKB, Língua de Sinais Kaapor Brasileira, “UKSL” (pej.), “Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language” (pej.), “Urubú Sign Language” (pej.)
User Population
No known L1 users. Ferreira Brito 1984 reported 5 deaf and less than 500 hearing, but unconfirmed reports in 1987 say no users remain. Deaf users were monolingual.
Location
Maranhão and Pará states: several villages, near the Gurupi river.
Language Status
10 (Extinct).
Typology
OSV; noun-modifier, movement modification for intensity; relatively large signing space.
Language Use
Urubu hearing children grew up knowing both spoken and sign systems.
Most hearing people were bilingual in Kaapor [urb] and Kaapor Sign Language (Ferreira Brito 1984).