Kaingang language

Kaingang
kanhgág
Native toBrazil
RegionSão Paulo, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul
EthnicityKaingang people
Native speakers
(18,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kgp – Kaingang
zkp – São Paulo Kaingáng
qr7 Wayaná (Guayaná)
Glottologkain1271
ELPKaingang

The Kaingang language (also spelled Kaingáng) is a Southern Jê language (, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Kaingang people of southern Brazil.[2] The Kaingang nation has about 30,000 people, and about 60–65% speak the language. Most also speak Portuguese.

  1. ^ Kaingang at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
    São Paulo Kaingáng at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Rodrigues, Aryon Dall'Igna (1986). Línguas brasileiras. Para o conhecimento das línguas indígenas (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Ed. Loyola.