Product Overview
Kaingang New Testament / Topẽ Vĩ Rá - O Novo testamento / Paperback 2017
- Paperback: 450 pages
- Publisher: Digital Bible Society (November 22, 2017) / made possible by partnerships with Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., the Bible League of Canada, Open Doors International
- Language: Kaingang / Brasil
- ISBN-10: 1531303285
- ISBN-13: 978-1531303280 / 9781531303280
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
The Kaingang language (also spelled Kaingáng) is a Gê language spoken by the Kaingang people of southern Brazil. The Kaingang nation has about 30,000 people, and about from 60% to 65% speak the language. Most also speak Portuguese.
The Kaingang and Xokleng were previously considered a single ethnicity, which went by a number of names, including Amhó, Dorin, Gualachi, Chiqui, Ingain, Botocudo, Ivitorocái (= Amho), Kamé, Kayurukré, Tain (= Ingain), Taven. Some of these may have been tribal names; others were exonyms. Those living along the coast at the time of the Conquest were called Guayaná, and are considered to be the ancestors of the Kaingang. It is unknown to what extent the names might have corresponded to dialectal differences.
