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Kambiwá language
Extinct unclassified language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kambiwá (a.k.a. Cambioá) is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil. A couple dozen words were collected by Wilbur Pickering during the 1960s from two people living in Barreira, Petrolândia, Pernambuco. However, by that time the language had become extinct.[1] The Kambiwá still refer to their original language, and they preserve a few words of it today.[2]
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Apart from two apparent borrowings, none of the words are relatable to known languages. Loukotka (1968) characterized the language as unclassifiable due to lack of data.[3]
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In 1961, two word lists of Kambiwá were collected by Wilbur Pickering from elderly rememberers in Barreira, Petrolândia, Pernambuco. The word lists are published in Meader (1978).[1]
Word list recorded from Manoel de Souza:
Word list recorded from an elderly man named Tenoro:
Kambiwá words provided by each informant that differ from each other:
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