The Kapinawâ are an indigenous people of

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in eastern Brazil. In addition to their primary residence in

, they are also found in

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and

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municipalities.

Language

The Kapinawa are monolingual in Portuguese. Their original language is unattested and cannot be shown to have been distinct from neighboring languages.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

References

Sources

*Alain Fabre, 2005, ''Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAPINAWÂ'

Unclassified languages of South America Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub