Xocó language

Xocó
Shoko
Native to	Brazil
Region	Sergipe, Alagoas
Extinct	(date missing)[1]
Language family	Unclassified; not clear if a single language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	subsumed under kzw
Glottolog	xoco1235  (Xoco)[2] kari1255  (Kariri-Xoco)[3]

Xocó (Chocó, Shokó) is an extinct and poorly attested language or languages of Brazil that is not known to be related to other languages. It is known from three populations: Xokó (Chocó) in Sergipe, Kariri-Xocó (Kariri-Shoko, Cariri-Chocó) in Alagoas, and Xukuru-Kariri (Xucuru-Kariri, Xucuru-Cariri) in Alagoas. It is not clear if these were one language or three. It is only known from a few dozen words from one Kariri-Xoco elder and three Xukuru-Kariri elders in 1961.

In ISO encoding, the language was conflated with the Kariri family as ISO 639-3 [kzw] 'Karirí-Xocó'; Ethnologue does not indicate if this was a conscious decision.

Other languages with this name

Xoco, Xukuru, and Kariri are all common generic names in the region. See Kariri languages.

References

1. Xocó at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Xoco". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kariri-Xoco". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.