Kaingang

American  

[kahyn-gang] / ˈkaɪnˌgæŋ /

noun

plural

Kaingangs,

plural

Kaingang

1. a member of an Indigenous people of southern Brazil.

2. a group of languages spoken by the Kaingang, constituting a branch of the Ge family of languages.

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Etymology

Origin of Kaingang

First recorded in 1935–40; from Portuguese caingangue, from Kaingang Kanhgág

Example Sentences

The company last year introduced phone interfaces serving the Kaingang community of southern Brazil, and the Nheengatu community of the Amazonian regions of Brazil and neighboring countries.

From Seattle Times

In a public letter last month, a group of Kaingang elders accused the tribe’s chief, Marciano Inacio Claudino, of hoarding proceeds from the three 60kg bags of soybeans per hectare that commercial farmers are paying for leased land.

From Reuters

Beginning today, Kaingang and Nheengatu will be among the language options available on Motorola Android devices.

From The Verge

The Kaingang language comes from an agricultural community of people in southeastern Brazil, and only about half of the community still speaks it, Motorola found.

From The Verge

“Teachers use their mobile phones in their classroom to teach their curriculum, so now that the phones will be in Kaingang and Nheengatu this will really help with the learning process,” she said.

From The Verge