Ge languages
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The Jê languages or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Gê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil
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Indigenous peoples in Brazil
The Indigenous peoples in Brazil comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who inhabited the country prior to the European invasion around 1500...
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Family division
The language family is as follows:- Jaikó (†) (Northern Jê)
- Central Jê
- Acroa (†)
- XavanteXavante languageThe Xavante language is a Ge language spoken by the Xavante people in about 170 villages in the area surrounding Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Xavante language is unusual in its phonology, its object–subject–verb word order, and its use of honorary and endearment terms in its...
- Xerente
- XakriabáXakriabá languageXakriabá is an extinct Ge language formerly spoken in Minas Gerais, Brazil by the Xakriabá people, who today speak Portuguese.The last confirmed native speaker of the language died in 1864....
- Northwest Jê
- ApinayéApinayé languageApinayé is a SOV Jê language spoken in Tocantins, Brazil by some 1200 speakers of Apinajé people.- Consonants :- Vowels :...
- Mẽbengokre (Kayapó)
- Panará (Kreen Akarore)
- Suyá
- TimbiraTimbira languageTimbira is a dialect continuum of Ge languages of Brazil. The various varieties are distinct enough to sometimes be considered separate languages. The principal varieties, Krahô , and Kanela , have 2000 speakers apiece, few of whom speak Portuguese. Kreye, however, is nearly extinct, with only 30...
(Canela-Krayô, with the CanelaCanela language-External links:**...
and KreyeKreye languageKreye is a Gê language that is spoken by about 30 individuals in Maranhão and Pará, Brazil. It is considered an endangered language....
dialects)
- Apinayé
- Kaingáng (Southern Jê)
- KaingángKaingang languageThe Kaingang language is an indigenous language spoken in the South of Brazil, belonging to the Gê language family. The Kaingang nation has about 30,000 people, and about from 60% to 65% speak the language...
- Xokleng
- São Paulo Kaingáng (†)
- Ingain (†)
- Guayana (†)
- Kaingáng
Genetic relations
The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal convincing.External links
- Gê languages at EthnologueEthnologueEthnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...