Apalaí language
Cariban language spoken in Brazil
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Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 Aparai people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order.[2]
| Apalaí | |
|---|---|
| Aparaí | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Aparai people |
Native speakers | 650 (2022)[1] |
Cariban
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apy |
| Glottolog | apal1257 |
| ELP | Apalaí |
| Linguasphere | 80-AGA-aa |
 Apalai is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
