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Kwaza language
Kwaza (also written Kwazá or Koaiá) is an endangered language spoken by the Kwaza people of Brazil.〔("Introduction: Kwazá." ) ''Povos Indígenas no Brasil.'' Retrieved 12 Feb 2012.〕 Like many other languages in the area, it is an unclassified language, but there are hypothesized long-distance genetic relationships.〔(Hein van. A Grammar of Kwaza. Berlin ;New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. Print. 3. )〕
Little is known about Kwaza people and language due to the minimal historical sources available; if mentioned in reliable documents, it is usually in reference to its neighbors.〔 What is known, is that the Kwaza people were at one point a fierce nation of a few thousands persons, which could be subdivided into various groups.〔
As of 2005 there were only 25 known speakers〔("Kwaza." ) ''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved 12 Feb 2012.〕 who make up two ethnically mixed families. They live South of the original habitat on the Indian reserve Tubarão-Latundê and speak Kwaza on a day-to-day basis.〔(Hein van der. 2005. Kwaza in a comparative perspective. International Journal of American Linguistics 71. 368. )〕 Most of the speakers are trilingual in Aikanã and Portuguese〔
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