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Apurina Indian Language (Apurinã)

Apurina is an Arawakan language of South America, spoken by about 1000 people in Brazil. Apurina is a polysynthetic language with predominantly OSV word order.

˜Our Online Apurina Materials –

Apurina Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Apurina language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.

Apurina Animal Words:
Picture glossary of animal words in the Apurina language.

Apurina Colors:
Worksheet showing color words in the Apurina language.

˜Apurina Language Resources –

The Apurinã Language and People:
A linguistics thesis on the Apurina language available online.

La Lengua Apuriná:
Information on Apurina including a linguistic map of Brazil. Page in Spanish.

Apurinã language:
Wikipedia article on Apurina including a phonological inventory.

Apurina Language:
Demographic information on Apurina from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Apurina Culture and History Links –

The Apurina People:
Cultural information about the Apurinas today, with photographs.

Os Apurinã:
Information about the Apurina Indians in Portuguese.

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