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Preferred term

nabNambikwara language  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Nambikuára, Southern
  • Southern Nambikuára

ISO 639-3 code

  • nab

nearly same as

In other languages

  • Nambikwara du Sud

    French

  • Nambikwara-Sprachen

    German

  • Língua nambiquara

    Portuguese

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/nab

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