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Ka'apor Sign Language (also known as Urubu Sign Language or Urubu–Ka'apor Sign Language, although these are pejorative; [2] Portuguese: Língua de sinais caapor brasileira) is a village sign language used by the small community of Ka'apor people in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. [3] Linguist Jim Kakumasu observed in 1968 that the number of ...
Kaapor (Ka’apor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú," "Caapor" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken as a primary language by the Ka'apor people of Brazil. The language is also spoken as a second language by non-Ka'apor ethnic groups, including Tembé.
Ka'apor Sign Language is a village sign language used by the small community of Ka'apor people in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Linguist Jim Kakumasu observed in 1968 that the number of deaf people in the community was 7 out of a population of about 500.
The Ka'apor are an indigenous people of Brazil. They live on a protected reserve in the state of Maranhão. They were the subject of a book by anthropologist Dr. William Balée in an exhaustive study of their ethnobotany lifeways and the historical ecology of the area they currently inhabit. They live in a heavily deforested area of Pre ...
This collection will gather videos on the use of Ka’apor Sign Language by both deaf and hearing speakers, as well a number of translations, transcriptions and analysis, with special focus on the semantic field of tools and locations.
- Museu do Índio
- Ka’apor Sign Language (ISO639-3:uks)
- Gustavo Godoy, Vitória Aniz
- Brazil
Although linguists and anthropologists have known about its existence for the last decades, very few efforts have been made to document and understand the Urubú-Ka'apor sign language. It is estimated that between 7 and 13 deaf people use the language currently inside the Ka'apor indigenous villages in Maranhão (Brazil).
This is the main category of Kaapor Sign Language. It is spoken in Brazil. Information about Kaapor Sign Language:
