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Bakairí

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: bkq

Population	950 (1999 ISA).
Region	Mato Grosso. 9 or 10 villages.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 105
Alternate names	Bacairí, Kurâ
Classification	Carib, Southern, Xingu Basin
Language use	Also use Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1969–1976.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV, OVS.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

JONES, Joan W., author. 1978. Kura (Bakairi) orthography conference: Growth in competence.

JONES, Joan W.; TAUKANE, Estêvão C., compilers. 1978. Vocabulário bakairí-português, português-bakairí.

WHEATLEY, James, author. 1966. "Revivescência de uma dança Bakairí."

WHEATLEY, James, author. 1969. "Bakairí verb structure."

WHEATLEY, James, author. 1972. The peasantization process among the Bacairí.

WHEATLEY, James, author. 1973. "Knowledge, authority and individualism among the Cura (Bacairi)."

WHEATLEY, James, author. 1973. "Pronouns and nominal elements in Bacairi discourse."

WHEATLEY, James, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1964. Bakairi Phonemics.