Xukuruan languages

Proposed language family of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Xukuruan languages are a language family proposed by Loukotka (1968) that links two languages of eastern Brazil.[1][2] Glottolog treats them as dialects of a singular Xukuru language.[3]

Geographic
distributionBrazil
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions
Glottologxuku1239  (Xukurú)
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Xukuruan
Shukuru
Geographic
distribution		Brazil
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologxuku1239  (Xukurú)
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Map of indigenous territories in Alagoas and Sergipe states, Brazil

Classification

The languages are:

Loukotka (1968) also lists the unattested Garañun (Garanhun), an extinct, undocumented language once spoken in the Serra dos Garanhuns.[1]


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