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Language group of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jê languages
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The Jê languages (also spelled , Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the , a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.

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Genetic relations

The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal convincing.

Family division

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According to Ethnologue (which omits Jeikó), the language family is as follows:

Ramirez (2015)

Internal classification of the Jê languages according to Ramirez, et al. (2015):[1]

Ramirez excludes Jaikó as a possibly spurious language.

Nikulin (2020)

According to Nikulin (2020), the internal branching of the Jê language family is as follows:[2][3]

Some sound changes and lexical innovations that define various Jê subgroups:[4]

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Varieties

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Below is a full list of Jê language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties.[5]

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Vocabulary

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Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[5]

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Proto-language

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Nikulin (2020)

Proto-Jê reconstructions by Nikulin (2020):[2]

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For a more complete list of Proto-Jê reconstructions, as well as Proto-Southern Jê reconstructions, see the corresponding Portuguese article.

Ribeiro & van der Voort (2010)

Proto-Jê reconstructions by Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010):[6]

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