Apalaí
A language of Brazil
| Population | 450 (1993 SIL). 100 monolinguals. |
| Region | Pará, mainly on Paru Leste River with fringe groups on Jari and Citare rivers. 20 villages. |
| Language map |
Brazil, reference number 64 |
| Alternate names | Apalay, Aparai |
| Classification | Carib, Northern, East-West Guiana, Wayana-Trio |
| Language use | Most also use Wayana [way]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 37%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | OVS, SOV. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1973. "Sistemas contrastivos de marcadores de pessoa em duas línguas carib: Apalaí e hixkaryána."
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KOEHN, Edward H., author. 1976. "The historical tense in Apalaí narrative."
KOEHN, Edward H.; KOEHN, Sally S., authors. 1971. "Fonologia da língua apalaí."
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KOEHN, Edward H.; KOEHN, Sally S., authors. 1986. "Apalaí."
KOEHN, Edward H.; KOEHN, Sally S., compilers. 1995. Vocabulário básico Apalaí-Português: Dicionário da língua Apalaí.
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KOEHN, Edward Henry, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1965. Bound Person Markers of the Apalaí Verb Phrase.
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KOEHN, Edward Henry, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1966. The Apalaí Phrase.
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KOEHN, Sally S., author. 1975. "Apalaí kinship and social behavior."
KOEHN, Sally S., author. 1987. "Componentes semânticos do sistema apalaí de parentesco."
KOEHN, Sally S., author. 1994. "The use of generic terms in Apalaí genitive constructions."
KOEHN, Sally Sharp, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1966. Apalaí Verb Structure.
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Vernacular Publications
Atamorepaketõ nymerohpyry 2. 1990.
Atamorepaketõ nymerohpyry. 1988.

