News of this people
- Lideranças denunciam que índios passam fome no Norte de MT
20/03/2013 - DSEI Xingu forma novos Agentes de Saúde Indígena
05/11/2012 - Jovem Indígena Fala sobre Hidrelétricas e Amazônia
04/10/2012
Inhabited lands
- Xingu
Foto: Beto Ricardo, 2002
Kalapalo
- Other names
- Where they are
MT - How many
385 (Ipeax, 2011) - Linguistic family
Karib
Language
The Kalapalo and three other Upper Xingu groups – the Kuikuro, Matipu, and Nahukuá – speak dialects of a language belonging to the Southern Guiana branch of the Karib language family. Their closest linguistic relatives are the Yekuana (Makiritare) and the Hixkaryana, the former found in southern Venezuela and northern Roraima (Brazil), the latter in northern Pará (Brazil).
