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Preferred term

kpjKarajá  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Karajá language, also known as Ynã, is spoken by around 3600 Karajá people in some 30 villages in central Brazil. Dialects are North Karaja, South Karaja, Xambioá, and Javaé. There is male and female speech; one of the principal differences is that men drop the sound /k/, which is pronounced by women.

Entry terms

  • Karajá language

ISO 639-3 code

  • kpj

Notation

  • kpj

In other languages

  • Karajá

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Karajá

    Spanish

URI

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

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