Ingain language
Extinct Jê language of Brazil
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Ingain is an extinct Jê language of Brazil, closely related to the Southern Jê languages Kaingáng and Laklãnõ (Xokléng). Kimdá may have been a dialect.
NativetoBrazil
RegionSanta Catarina
Extinctearly 20th century?
Macro-Jê
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Jê
- Jê of Paraná
- Ingain–Kimdá
- Ingain
- Ingain–Kimdá
- Jê of Paraná
| Ingain | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Santa Catarina |
| Extinct | early 20th century? |
Macro-Jê
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | inga1253 |
Geographical distribution
Ingain was spoken along the middle Paraná River, from the Iguatemi River in the north to the Arroyo Yabebiry in the south.[1]: 15
Varieties
Related "South Kaingáng" languages were:[2]
- Guayana / Wayana / Gualachí / Guanhanan - extinct language once spoken between the Uruguay River and Paraná River, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Amhó or Ivitorocái - extinct language from Riacho Ivitoracái, Paraguay. Listed as separate from the Ingain cluster by Mason (1950).[3]
