ELP ID
30015
ELP Language
Bakairí
Speaker Number
100-999
Public Comment
Bakairi is spoken by approximately 900 people ... This language has two rather divergent dialects: Eastern Bakairi, spoken by seven hundred people in seven villages in the Bakairi Indigenous Reservation (Área Indígena Bakairi), near Paranatinga, and Western Bakairi, spoken by 200 people in two villages in the Santana Indigenous Reservation Área Indígena Santana), near Nobres.
Source
Reconstructing pre-Bakairi segmental phonology
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
900
Speaker Number Range
100-999