Apalaí language

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.^[2]

Apalaí
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Aparai people
Native speakers	650 (2022)[1]
Language family	Cariban (unclassified) Apalaí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	apy
Glottolog	apal1257
ELP	Apalaí

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Apalai^[3]

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop		p	t			k	ʔ
Fricative	voiceless		s	ʃ
	voiced		z
Nasal		m	n
Approximant					j	w
Tap/Flap			ɾ

Vowels

Vowels of Apalai^[3]

	Front		Central		Back
	plain	nasal	plain	nasal	plain	nasal
High	i	ĩ	ɨ	ɨ̃	u	ũ
Mid	e	ẽ			o	õ
Low			a	ã