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Jaikó language

Extinct language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Jaikó (Jeicó, Jeikó, Yeico, Geico, Eyco) is an extinct language of southeastern Piauí, Brazil.

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Classification

Based on a 67-word list from the 19th century in von Martius (1867, v. 2, p. 143),[1] it appears to be a Jê language.

However, Ramirez et al. (2015: 260–261) doubts the accuracy of von Martius' list, and notes that the word list may actually consist of a wide mixture of languages spoken in Piauí, including from Pimenteira (Cariban) and Masakará (Kamakã).[2] Nevertheless, Nikulin (2020) still finds convincing evidence that Jaikó was a Macro-Jê language, but does not consider it to be within the branch.[3]

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Distribution

Jaikó was spoken around the aldeia (village) of Cajueiro, located in what is now southeastern Piauí state. The name is derived from the town of Jaicós, which was located in the Jaikó people's territory around the Canindé River and Gurgueia River.[3]

Word list

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The full Geicó word list from von Martius (1867),[1] with both the original Latin glosses and translated English glosses, is reproduced below.

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