Apalaí
Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil, by about 650 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 Aparai people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order.
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Words in Apalaí
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | onu | |
| ear | pana | |
| head | upuhpo | |
| blood | munu | |
| water | tuna | |
| fire | apoto | |
| rain | konopo | |
| wind | tyryrykane | |
| tree | wewe | |
| fish | kana | |
| horse | kawaru |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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