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Makoní
Macuní
Native toBrazil
RegionBahia
Eraattested 1818
Language familyMacro-Jê
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmacu1258

Makoní (Maconi, Macuní) is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil. It is documented in word lists collected in 1816-1818.

Distribution

Makoní was historically spoken in the Caravelas River area of Bahia, Brazil.

References

  1. Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
  2. Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. doi:10.20396/liames.v15i2.8642302
  3. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

Further reading

  • Métraux, Alfred and Curt Nimuendajú. 1946. The Mashacalí, Patashó, and Malalí Linguistic Families. In Julian H. Steward (ed.), The Marginal Tribes, 541-545. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.
Macro-Jê languages
Cerrado
Goyaz
Panará
Northern
Timbira
Central (Akuwẽ)
Jê of Paraná
Southern
Unclassified
Trans–São Francisco
Krenák
Maxakalían
Kamakã
Western
Mato Grosso
Jabutian
Karajá
Borôro ?
Karirí ?
Purian ?
Italics indicate extinct languages


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