Kamayurá Language (kay) - Revision history

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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Kamayura language,Camaiura,Kamaiurá,Kamayirá

<b>Description:</b>

The Kamayurá language (Kamaiurá in Portuguese) belongs to the Tupi-Guarani family , and is spoken by the Kamayurá people of Brazil — who numbered about 290 individuals as of the year 2004.
The "glottal approximants" /h/ and /hʷ/ assume the quality of the following vowel.
The following sample is taken from L. Seki (2000), p. 438. It is a small excerpt of a folk take about hero Arawitará, who is summoned by his deceased friend to help the souls of the dead in their eternal war against the birds. Here Arawitará has returned to the world of the living, and his describing his journey to the friend's old mother.
Notes:<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=3040346 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Kamayurá Language Speakers</h2>
http://llmap.org/languages/kay/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/brazil Brazil]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/americas Americas]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>kay</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Tupi Group]]

    [[Tupi-Guarani Group]]

      [[Kamayura VII Group]]

        <b>[[Kamayurá Language]]</b>

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