Apalaí language

Apalaí
Native toBrazil
EthnicityAparai people
Native speakers
650 (2022)
Cariban
  • (unclassified)
    • Apalaí
Language codes
ISO 639-3apy
Glottologapal1257
ELPApalaí

Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order.