Kepkiriwát language

Kepkiriwát
Kepkeriwát
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondônia
Ethnicity	Kepkiriwát
Extinct	1950s[1]
Language family	Tupian Tuparí Kepkiriwát
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpn
Glottolog	kepk1241

Kepkiriwát is an extinct Tupian language of the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1949) compiles two wordlists of Kepkiriwát, one from an anonymous wordlist, marked A, and a manuscript sent in 1924 to the archives of Manaus by Joaquim Gondim, an employee of the Indian Protection Service (SPI), marked G.

Kepkiriwát vocabulary^[2]

Gloss	Kepkiriwát	Comparison
tree	kêba G
bow	taká A
white	ki-rará G, kerára A
to drink	yukamon A	Tupi eú
canoe	anišá G, amišá A
dog	a-urê G	Tupi yauara
crocodile	irà G, erà A
tooth	iñãin G, ñain A	Mundurukú noi
water	amãni G, aman, eman A
to hear	uapia G
star	mê-uãn G, mãã, mũá A
woman	buhi G, boêi A
fire	garãmbi G, garambí A
arrow	oikêp G, yekũp A	Kawahíb yerau
large	uêre G, uerê A	Emerillon düu
ax	tiá G, teá A
man	nakuête G, nãkuête A

References

1. Kepkiriwát at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Loukotka, Čestmír (1949). "Sur quelques langues et dialectes inconnus de l'Amérique du Sud" (PDF). Lingua Posnaniensis. 1: 76–78. Retrieved 2025-07-09.