Kaʼapor language

{{Short description|Tupian language spoken in Brazil}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Kaʼapor

| nativename = Urubu

| states = Brazil

| region = Maranhão

| ethnicity = 990 Kaapor (2006)

| speakers = 800

| date = 2006

| ref = e18

| familycolor = tupian

| fam1 = Tupian

| fam2 = Tupi–Guaraní

| fam3 = Wayampí

| script = Latin script

| iso3 = urb

| glotto = urub1250

| glottorefname = Urubú-Kaapor

| sign = Kaʼapor Sign Language

}}

Kaapor (Kaʼapor, Kaaporté), also known as "Urubú," "Caapor" or Urubú-Kaapor, is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken as a primary language by the Kaʼapor people of Brazil. The language is also spoken as a second language by non-Ka'apor ethnic groups, including Tembé. {{Cite web|url=https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Ka'apor|title=Ka'apor - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil|website=pib.socioambiental.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-22}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/urb|title=Kaapor|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2018-11-22|language=en}}

There is a high incidence of congenital deafness among the Kaʼapor people, most of whom grow up bilingual in Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language, which may be indigenous to them.