Kaimbé language

Kaimbé
Native to	Brazil
Region	Bahía
Extinct	early 20th century
Language family	unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xai`
Glottolog	`kaim1235`^[1]

Kaimbé is an extinct unclassified language of eastern Brazil. The ethnic population numbered an estimated 1,100 to 1,400 in 1986. The language is scarcely attested; in 1961 one elder was able to remember a few single words mixed with Kiriri.

References

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

Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAIMBÉ

Languages of Brazil

Official language

Portuguese

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Atorada Barawana Mapidian Mehinaku Palikúr Paresi Terêna Wapishana Warekena Waurá

Arawan	Deni Jamamadí Kulina Paumarí Zuruahá

Cariban	Amonap Apalaí Bakairi Carib Hixkaryana Ikpeng Macushi Pará Arára Salumá Sikiana Waiwai

Panoan	Amawaka Kashinawa Shipibo Yaminawa

Macro-Jê	Apinayé Bororo Kaingang Karajá Kayapo Krenak Ofayé Panara Rikbaktsa Suyá Timbira Xavante Xerénte

Nadahup	Dâw Hup Kakwa Nadëb

Tupian	Akwáwa Jurúna Kagwahiva Kaiwá Munduruku Nheengatu Omagua Tapirapé Tenetehara Xeta Xipaya Zo'é

Others	Aikanã Arutani Cubeo Ewarhuyana Guató Irantxe Kadiwéu Kanamarí Katawixi Kwaza Mamaindê Nambikwara Ninam Oro Win Pirahã Ticuna Tuyuca Wanano Wari’ Xukuru

Interlanguages

Sign languages

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