Kayapo language

Mẽbêngôkre (Kayapó)
Mẽbêngôkre kabẽn
Pronunciation[mẽbeŋoˈkɾɛ kaˈbɛ̃n]
Native toBrazil
RegionPará, Mato Grosso
EthnicityKayapó, Xikrin, formerly also Irã'ãmrãnhre
Native speakers
8,638 (2010)[1]
Dialects
  • Kayapó
  • Xikrin
Language codes
ISO 639-3txu
Glottologkaya1330
ELPMebengokre

Mẽbêngôkre, sometimes referred to as Kayapó (Mẽbêngôkre: Mẽbêngôkre kabẽn [mẽbeŋoˈkɾɛ kaˈbɛ̃n]) is a Northern Jê language (Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Kayapó and the Xikrin people in the north of Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil.[2] There are around 8,600 native speakers since 2010 based on the 2015 Ethnologue 18th edition. Due to the number of speakers and the influence of Portuguese speakers, the language stands at a sixth level of endangerment; in which the materials for literacy and education in Mẽbêngôkre are very limited.

  1. ^ Mẽbêngôkre (Kayapó) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Salanova, Andres. "Mebengokre". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2016.