Kambiwá language

Kambiwá
Cambioá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Pernambuco
Extinct	early 20th century
Language family	unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xbw`
Glottolog	`kamb1239`^[1]

Kambiwá AKA Cambioá is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil. A couple dozen words were collected from two people in the 1960s, but by that time no-one spoke the language any longer. 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.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kambiwá". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Meader, R. E. 1978. Indios do nordeste. Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro. SIL Internacional. pp 65–92.
Fabre, Alain (2005): "Kambiwá" (Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos)

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