Kayapo Language.

The Kayapo language is called simply Kayapo, but it also has an alternate name Kokraimoro. This language branch belongs to the Ge linguistic  family which is a branch of the Macro-Ge trunk. The Kayapo take their language very seriously and they find it as a highly valued social practice. They believe so highly in their language that if others don’t speak their language they do not believe them to speak anything quite as beautiful as them. And even though the Kayapo speak this unique language there are only roughly about 7,100 people who actually speak the language, these low numbers make a it a classified 6B endangered language in the world. Which is unfortunate  for the people in the Kayapo tribe. The main reason for this loss of language is the fact that many of the Kayapo people are learning the native language of Brazil which is Portuguese, by learning this new language that is the norm they are beginning to use it more and more which is thus wiping out the original Kayapo language. This all depends though on the depth of isolation each tribe experiences. I.E, if the tribe is set deep within the mountains they will all only speak Kokriamoro, but if they live closer to the cities they will speak more Portuguese which will cause them to lose the language faster.

Here is an example of a bible verse translated into the Kayapo language:

Sample Translation In the beginning God created heaven and earth. The earth was formless and empty, and  darkness covered the deep water. The spirit of God was hovering over the water. Then  God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light. God saw the light was good.So God  separated the light from the darkness. God named the light "day", and the darkness he  named "night". There was evening, then morning, the first day.