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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 ...
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.
Ka’apor Sign Language (UKS) is one of the languages spoken inside the Ka’apor indigenous villages in Maranhão, Brazil. Research has estimated that between 7 and 13 deaf Ka’apor people use UKS as their first and only language, and that a great number of hearing Ka’apor people use it occasionally, with varying degrees of fluency.
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- Ka’apor Sign Language (ISO639-3:uks)
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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).
Mar 16, 2015 · “Kaapor Sign Language [uks] (A language of Brazil) • Alternate Names: Urubú Sign Language (pej.), Ka'apor Sign Language • Population: 7 (Kakumasu 1968). Deaf users are monolingual. L2 users: 500. • Location: Maranhlo and Para states. • Language Status: 6a (Vigorous). • Typology: OSV.
Kaapor (Ka’apor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken in French Guiana and Brazil. There is a high incidence of congenital deafness among the Kaapor people , most of whom grow up bilingual in Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language , which may be indigenous to them.
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.
