| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 564[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil (Amapá, Pará) | 514 (2014)[1] |
 French Guiana | 40 (2011)[1] |
 Suriname | 10 (2011)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Aparai, Wayana, Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion | |
The Aparai or Apalai are an indigenous people of Brazil, who live in Amapá and Pará states.[2] A little community is located in French Guiana, in Antecume Pata.[3] They were sedentary slash-and-burn farmers, necessitating periodic relocation as soil became exhausted, but also hunters and gatherers. They spoke a Carib language and in the 20th century their subsistence shifted towards craftwork as they adapted to modern Brazil and the cash economy.
- ^ a b c d "Aparai". Socio Ambiental. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Aparai". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. (retrieved 17 March 2010)
- ^ Alì, Maurizio; Ailincai, Rodica (2013). "Learning and Growing in indigenous Amazon. The Education System of French Guyana Wayana-Apalaï communities". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 106 (10): 1742–1752. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.196.