Tupi-Sprache
Ribeiro (2012) finds a number of Apyãwa loanwords in Karajá (such as ‘carrying basket’, ’beans’, ‘macaw (sp.)’, ‘parakeet (sp.)’, ‘Txakohi ceremonial mask’, ‘garbage (Javaé dialect)’) as well as several Karajá loans in Apyãwa ( ‘banana’, ‘White man’, ‘turtle stew’, ‘Irabure ceremonial mask’), Parakanã, and Asuriní of Trocará ( ‘banana’, ‘White man’). Some loans from one of the Língua Geral varieties (Língua Geral Paulista or Língua Geral Amazônica) have also been found, including ‘salt’, ‘firearm’, ‘hoe’, ‘beans’, ‘paper (Xambioá dialect)’, ‘money (dated)’).