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Kayapó

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: txu

Population	7,100 (2003 ISA). 3,950 monolinguals. 469 Xikrin (1986 SIL).
Region	Mato Grosso, Xingú Park, south Pará, both sides of the Xingú River, west up to the Iriri and tributaries, and west bank to the Fresco and Zinho rivers. 14 villages.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 74
Alternate names	Kokraimoro
Dialects	Xikrin (Xukru, Diore), Kararaó, Kayapó-Kradaú. Dialects only slightly different from village names.
Classification	Macro-Ge, Ge-Kaingang, Ge, Northwest, Kayapo
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Initial education in Kayapó. Positive attitude. 50 also use some Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. 400 readers, 100 can write. Taught in primary schools. Grammar. NT: 1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Village names sometimes listed as dialects are: Txukuhamai (Txucarramãe), Gorotire, Kube-Kran-Kenh (Cabeca Pelada), Kokraimoro, Menkragnotire (Mentuktire, Kuben-Kragnotire, Gente Preta, Kubenkrangnoti, Kubenkrankegn, Menkrangnoti), Pacajá, and others. SOV. Hunter-gatherers traditionally. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

JEFFERSON, Kathleen, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1974. Semantic Clause Analysis in Focus for Learning Kayapó.  

MURPHY, Isabel I., author. 1992. ’And I, in my turn, will pass it on’: Indigenous education among the Kayapó Amerindians of central Brazil.

MURPHY, Isabel I., author. 1997. Kayapó kinship and two-way radios.

MURPHY, Isabel I., author. 1998. "Educação indígena kayapó: orientação para professores não-Kayapó."

MURPHY, Isabel I., author. 2004. And I, in My Turn, Will Pass It On: Knowledge Transmission Among the Kayapó.  

MURPHY, Isabel I., author. 2008. "O novo ritual Kayapó de educação."

STOUT, Mickey; THOMSON, Ruth, authors. 1971. "Kayapó narrative."

STOUT, Mickey; THOMSON, Ruth, authors. 1974. "Elementos proposicionais em orações Kayapó."  

STOUT, Mickey; THOMSON, Ruth, authors. 1974. "Fonêmica txukuhamẽi (kayapó)."  

STOUT, Mickey; THOMSON, Ruth, authors. 1974. "Modalidade em kayapó."  

STOUT, Mickey; TXUKARRAMÃE, Megaron, authors. 1990. "A expedição venatória dos Kayapó e animales importantes."

STOUT, Miriam Elizabeth, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1975. ku- Verb Phenomena in Kayapó.