Kagwahiva language

"Júma language" redirects here. For other uses, see Juma language (Carib).
Kagwahiva
Kawahib
Native to Brazil
Region Mato Grosso
Ethnicity (see varieties below)
Native speakers
870 (2000–2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
pah  TenharimParintintín
urz  Uru-eu-wau-wau
kuq  Karipuná (confuses Kawahib with Jau-Navo)
jua  Júma
xmo  Morerebi
tkf  ? Tukumanféd (unattested)
wir  Wiraféd
paf  Paranawát
adw  Amondawa
api  Apiacá
Glottolog tupi1280[2]

Kagwahiva (Kawahíb, Kagwahibm) is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster of Brazil. The major variety is Tenharim (Tenharem, Tenharin).

The Tenharim, Parintintín, Amondawa, Uru-eu-wau-wau and Júma peoples, along with a recently-contacted group confusingly labeled "Karipuná" in the literature, all call themselves Kavahiva. Their speech is all very similar, and also similar with other languages now extinct. Apiaká (incl. Wiraféd) is very similar and may be a dialect.[3]

References

  1. TenharimParintintín at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Uru-eu-wau-wau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Karipuná (confuses Kawahib with Jau-Navo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Júma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Morerebi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tupi-Guarani Subgroup VI". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices


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