RKB ISO 639-3
Rikbaktsa
Rikbaktsa Autonym
A language of Brazil
- ISO 639
- rkb
- Alternate Names
- Aripaktsá, Canoeiro, Erigbaagtsá, Erigpactsá, Erigpaktsá, Erikbaktsá, Erikbatsá, Erikpatsá, Orelhas de Pau, Rikpakcá, Rikpaktsá
- Autonym
- Rikbaktsa
- Population
- 40 (2010 SIL). Ethnic population: 1,120 (Crevels 2012).
- Location:
- Mato Grosso and Amazonas states: confluence of Sangue and Juruena rivers, Japuira on the east bank of the Juruena between Arinos and Sangue rivers; Posto Escondido on Juruena west bank 700 km north. 9 villages, 14 settlements.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Language isolate
- Typology
- SOV; 14 consonants and 14 vowels (7 oral, 7 nasal).
- Language Use
- Shifted to Portuguese [por] (Crevels 2007).
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 2000.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Rikbaktsa
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Distinct from Avá-Canoeiro [avv] and Kanoé [kxo].
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Location: Mato Grosso and Amazonas states: confluence of Sangue and Juruena rivers, Japuira on the east bank of the Juruena between Arinos and Sangue rivers; Posto Escondido on Juruena west bank 700 km north. 9 villages, 14 settlements.
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