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Karipúna Creole French

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: kmv

Population	1,710 (2000 ISA).
Region	Amapá, on French Guiana border.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 85
Alternate names	Crioulo
Dialects	Conflicting reports about difference from Guianese Creole French [gcr]. Different from Haitian [hat].
Classification	Creole, French based
Language use	Some also use Portuguese.
Language development	Grammar.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Formerly spoke Karipúna [kgm], an unclassified language, possibly from Marajó Island at the mouth of the Amazon. SVO. Fishermen; swidden agriculturalists: manioc. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALLEYNE, Mervyn C.; FERREIRA, Jo-Anne S., authors. 2007. "Comparative perspectives on the origins, development and structure of Amazonian (Karipúna) French Creole."  

ANONBY, Stan, author. 2007. "A report on the creoles of Amapá."  

FERREIRA, Jo-Anne S., author. 2010. "Bilingual education among the Karipúna and Galibi-Marwono: Prospects and possibilities for language preservation."

TOBLER, Alfred W., author. 1987. Dicionário crioulo karipúna/português, português/crioulo karipúna.  

TOBLER, S. Joy, author. 1983. The grammar of Karipúna Creole.