Xukuru language
| Xukuru | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Pernambuco |
| Ethnicity | 6,400 Xukuru people (1999)[1] |
| Extinct | (date missing)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
xoo |
| Glottolog |
xuku1239[3] |
Xukuru (Xucuru, Shukurú) is an extinct and poorly attested language of Brazil. It is also known as Kirirí, Kirirí-Xokó, Ichikile. It is only known from a few words elicited from an elder in 1961. Loukotka (1968) says it forms a small family with Paratió.
Other languages with this name
Xukuru-Kariri is a variety of Xokó, which may be a Kariri language. The name Kiriri is shared by Dzubukuá, another Kariri language, and by Katembri. The name Kiriri-Xoko is shared with yet another variety of Xokó.
References
- ↑ Xukurú at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Xukuru at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992).
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Xukurú". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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