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Karajá > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Karajá
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Karaho; Caraja; Karaja; Xambioá; Chamboa; Ynã; Karajá-Xambioá; Karaja-Shambioá; Javaé; Karajá language area
Spoken in: Brazil
Number of speakers: 3,600 (1999 ISA). 919 Javaé (2000 ISA) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 2310 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 1700 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: kpj
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Karajá (Caraja)
Parent Subgroup: Karajá; Caraja; Karaja; Karaj; Xambioá; Chamboa; Ynã (karj)
Child Dialects: Javaé; Javahe; Javaje; Javae (kpj-jav) Karajá-Shambioá; Xambioá; Xambioa; Chamboa; Ynã (kpj-xam)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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