| Apalaí | |
|---|---|
| Aparaí | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Aparai people |
Native speakers | 650 (2022)[1] |
Cariban
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apy |
| Glottolog | apal1257 |
| ELP | Apalaí |
 Apalai is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Apalaí is aCariban language spoken inBrazil. Approximately 450Aparai people speak Apalaí. It is anagglutinative language which uses a rareobject–verb–subjectword order.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ||||
| voiced | z | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Tap/Flap | ɾ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | nasal | plain | nasal | plain | nasal | |
| High | i | ĩ | ɨ | ɨ̃ | u | ũ |
| Mid | e | ẽ | o | õ | ||
| Low | a | ã | ||||
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