Kuikúro-Kalapálo

Conjugate Verbs

Facts

  • Language: Kuikúro-Kalapálo
  • Alternate names: KUIKURU, GUICURÚ, KURKURO, CUICUTL, KALAPALO, APALAKIRI, APALAQUIRI
  • Language code: kui
  • Language family: Cariban, Kuikuroan, Nuclear Kuikuroan
  • Number of speakers: 526
  • Script:

More information:

    Introduction

    The Kuikúru and the Kalapálo speak the same language, but are separate ethnically.

    Kuikúro-Kalapálo is spoken in Brazil, Mato Grosso, Xingú National Park, in 3 villages along Culuene River.

    The verb

    Sample verb: api

    Future

    obj sg.1  u-api-lüingo 
    obj sg.2  e-api-lüingo 
    obj sg.3  i-api-lüingo 
    obj pl.1 (excl)  ti-api-lüingo 
    obj pl.1 (incl)  ku-api-lüingo 
    obj pl.2  e-api-lüingo 
    obj pl.3  i-api-lüingo