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Kangutu (Kangütü)
"Kangutu" is an alternate name for the Apurina tribe, an American Indian culture of Brazil.
Kangutu comes from a word in their own language, Kãkiti, which means "person."
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Here are links to our webpages about the Kangutu tribe and language:
Kangutu language
Apurina words
Apurina animals
Arawakans
Languages of Brazil
People in the Amazon rainforest
Here are a few good books about the Kangutus:
A grammar and a vocabulary of the Ipuriná language
Comparative Arawakan Histories
Languages of the Amazon
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