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Kamakã languages

Small family of extinct Macro-Jê languages of Bahía near Brazil's Atlantic coast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kamakã languages
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The Kamakã languages are a small family of extinct Macro-Jê languages of Bahía, northeastern Brazil. The attested Kamakã languages are:

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Varieties

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Loukotka (1968)

Below is a full list of Kamakã languages and dialects listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties.[1]

Southern
  • Kamakán / Ezeshio - once spoken on the Ilhéus River, De Contas River and Pardo River, Bahia state.
  • Mangaló / Mongoyo / Monshoko - extinct language once spoken on the lower Pardo River near the frontier of Bahia and Minas Gerais states.
  • Kutasho / Cotoxo / Catathoy - once spoken between the Pardo River and De Contas River.
  • Menien / Manyã - once spoken at the sources of the Jequitinhonha River.
  • Dendi - once spoken in the Serra Geral de Condeúba, frontier area between the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais. (Unattested)
  • Catolé - once spoken in the state of Minas Gerais in the valleys of the Pardo River and Verde River. (Unattested)
  • Imboré / Amboré - once spoken at the sources of the Gongogi River, Bahia state. (Unattested)
  • Piripiri - once spoken in the state of Minas Gerais in the valleys of the Verde River and Gorutuba River. (Unattested)
  • Payaya - once spoken on the Camamu River, Bahia state. (Unattested)
Northern

Mason (1950)

Camacán (Kamakán) varieties listed by Mason (1950):[2]

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Classification

Martins (2007)

Internal classification of the Kamakã languages by Martins (2007):[3]

Kamakã

Masakará is the most divergent language.

Ramirez (2015)

Internal classification of the Kamakã languages according to Ramirez, et al. (2015):[4]

Nikulin (2020)

Internal classification of the Kamakã languages according to Nikulin (2020):[5]

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Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[1]

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Proto-language

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Proto-Kamakã reconstructions by Martins (2007):[3]

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