Apalaí language

Apalaí
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Aparai people
Native speakers	450 (1993)^[1]
Language family	Cariban (unclassified) Apalaí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`apy`
Glottolog	`apal1257`^[2]

Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which is remarkable for using a rare object–verb–subject word order.^[3]

References

↑ Apalaí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Apalai". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ "Apalai Indian Language (Aparai)". Retrieved 21 February 2016.

Languages of Brazil

Official language

Portuguese

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Atorada Barawana Mapidian Mehinaku Palikúr Paresi Terêna Wapishana Warekena Waurá

Arawan	Deni Jamamadí Kulina Paumarí Zuruahá

Cariban	Amonap Apalaí Bakairi Carib Hixkaryana Ikpeng Macushi Pará Arára Salumá Sikiana Waiwai

Panoan	Amawaka Kashinawa Shipibo Yaminawa

Macro-Jê	Apinayé Bororo Kaingang Karajá Kayapo Krenak Ofayé Panara Rikbaktsa Suyá Timbira Xavante Xerénte

Nadahup	Dâw Hup Kakwa Nadëb

Tupian	Akwáwa Jurúna Kagwahiva Kaiwá Munduruku Nheengatu Omagua Tapirapé Tenetehara Xeta Xipaya Zo'é

Others	Aikanã Arutani Cubeo Ewarhuyana Guató Irantxe Kadiwéu Kanamarí Katawixi Kwaza Mamaindê Nambikwara Ninam Oro Win Pirahã Ticuna Tuyuca Wanano Wari’ Xukuru

Interlanguages

Sign languages

Cariban languages

Parukotoan

Pekodian

Venezuelan Carib

Pemóng–Panare	Kapóng Makushi Panare Pemón

Mapoyo–Tamanaku	Kumaná Mapoyo-Yawarana Tamanaku

Guianan Carib

Taranoan	Akuriyo Karihona Tiriyo

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages

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