Apalaí

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Apalay, Aparai

Population

450 (1993 SIL). 100 monolinguals.

Location

Pará State, mainly on Paru Leste river with fringe groups on Jari and Citare rivers, 20 villages; small area in Amapá State.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Typology

OVS, SOV.

Language Use

Strong use. Also use Wayana [way].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 37%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].