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Kapinawá

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The Kapinawâ are an indigenous people of Buíque, Pernambuco in eastern Brazil.

In addition to their primary residence in Buíque, they are also found in Tupanatinga and Ibimirim municipalities.

Language

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Kapinawâ
(unattested)
RegionPernambuco
Extinct(date missing)
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpn
Glottologkapi1248

The Kapinawa are monolingual in Portuguese. Their original language is unattested and cannot be shown to have been distinct from neighboring languages.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

Sources

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  • Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAPINAWÂ.[1]