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Xukuruan languages

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Xukuru
Geographic
distribution
Brazil
Linguistic classificationunclassified
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-3xoo
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The Xukuru languages are a language family proposed by Loukotka (1968) that links two extinct and poorly attested languages of eastern Brazil,

  • Xukuru (Xucuru, Shukurú, Kirirí, Kirirí-Xokó, Ichikile)
  • 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.

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