Kaapor Sign Language

A language of Brazil

ISO 639: uks
Alternate Names: Ka’apor Sign Language, LSKB, Língua de Sinais Kaapor Brasileira, “UKSL” (pej.), “Urubu-Kaapor Sign Language” (pej.), “Urubú Sign Language” (pej.)
Population: No known L1 users. Ferreira Brito 1984 reported 5 deaf and less than 500 hearing, but unconfirmed reports in 1987 say no users remain. Deaf users were monolingual.
Location:: Maranhão and Pará states: several villages, near the Gurupi river.
Language Status: 10 (Extinct).
Classification: Sign language, Shared sign language
Typology: OSV; noun-modifier, movement modification for intensity; relatively large signing space.
Language Use: Urubu hearing children grew up knowing both spoken and sign systems.
Other Comments: Most hearing people were bilingual in Kaapor [urb] and Kaapor Sign Language (Ferreira Brito 1984).

Location: Maranhão and Pará states: several villages, near the Gurupi river.