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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kayapó, Cayapo, Kokraimoro, Cayapó, Gorotire, Southern Cayapo, Mebêngokrê, Xikrin, Put Karot
CLASSIFICATION		Jean, Northern Je
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		txu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kayapó-Kradaú Xikrin Kararaó
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Known also as Kayapó or Xikrin.

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,266
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7266

PLACES: Brazil

Ethnic population
8,638
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
8,638 (Funasa, 2010)

DATE OF INFO: 2010

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Os Kayapó vivem em aldeias dispersas ao longo do curso superior dos rios Iriri, Bacajá, Fresco e de outros afluentes do caudaloso rio Xingu, desenhando no Brasil Central um território quase tão grande quanto a Áustria. É praticamente recoberto pela floresta equatorial, com exceção da porção oriental, preenchida por algumas áreas de cerrado.

[The Kayapó live in villages scattered along the upper course of the Iriri, Bacajá, Fresco rivers and other tributaries of the mighty Xingu River, in Central Brazil in a territory almost as large as Austria. It is almost entirely covered by rainforest, with the exception of the eastern portion, covered by some grassland areas.]

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,266
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"3,950 monolinguals. 469 Xikrin" (1986 SIL). Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2003).

7,100 (Moore 2006); 19 communities in regular contact with outsiders; 3–4 isolated Kayapó groups of 30–100 people (Crevels 2007); 3,950 monolinguals (2014).

PLACES: Brazil;

0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press		New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.										-9.0,-52.0
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		7,100		1000-9999	"3,950 monolinguals. 469 Xikrin" (1986 SIL). Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2003). 7,100 (Moore 2006); 19 communities in regular contact with outsiders; 3–4 isolated Kayapó groups of 30–100 people (Crevels 2007); 3,950 monolinguals (2014).	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Brazil;
			Povos Indígenas no Brasil			Ricardo, Fany Pantaleoni and Bruno Belivaqua Aguilar		2014		Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)	http://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/povo/kaixana				8,638		2010		8,638 (Funasa, 2010)		Os Kayapó vivem em aldeias dispersas ao longo do curso superior dos rios Iriri, Bacajá, Fresco e de outros afluentes do caudaloso rio Xingu, desenhando no Brasil Central um território quase tão grande quanto a Áustria. É praticamente recoberto pela floresta equatorial, com exceção da porção oriental, preenchida por algumas áreas de cerrado. [The Kayapó live in villages scattered along the upper course of the Iriri, Bacajá, Fresco rivers and other tributaries of the mighty Xingu River, in Central Brazil in a territory almost as large as Austria. It is almost entirely covered by rainforest, with the exception of the eastern portion, covered by some grassland areas.]	Brazil
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		7,266		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			-6.5569,-52.4707
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			4,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		2012	Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking	The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide	167-234	Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona	Mouton de Gruyter		Berlin			Crevels, Mily	Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.		7266	7,266		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Brazil

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,266

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,266

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,100

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,266

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,266

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,100

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