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Southern Nambikuára |
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The Nambikwara language (Southern Nambikwara or Kitãulhu, contrasting with Northern Nambikwara or Mamaindé; also spelled Nambikuára,
Nhambikwara or Nambiquara) is an indigenous language of Brazil, spoken by about 1200 Nambikwara people in the Mato Grosso
state. It forms a small Nambikwaran language family, which are often considered dialects of a single language despite not
being mutually intelligible. They are a language isolate; Joseph Greenberg had included in his Gê–Pano–Carib phylum, but this
has not been followed by other linguists. Nambikwara is in vigorous use in the Nambikwara communities and in spite of having
few speakers the language is not endangered. The name Nambikwara is of Tupi origin. Most Nambikwara are monolingual but some
young men speak Portuguese. |
Names (more)[de] Nambikwara-Sprachen[en] Nambikuára, Southern [fr] Nambikwara du Sud [pt] Língua nambiquara |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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