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Uamué

Uamué was an unclassified language once spoken in Brazil.

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Uamué (Wamoe), a.k.a. Huamoé, Uman, or Atikum, is an extinct language of Brazil that is too poorly attested to classify. The Pankararú language was historically spoken just to the south. It is also spelled Huamuê, Huamoi, Uame, Wamoé. Alternate names are Umã and Aticum (Atikum, Araticum). There has been speculation that Huamoé was a Kariri language. Today, the Atikum only preserve some of their language in the context of nature (e. g. toê 'fire' and sarapó 'large edible snake') and have entirely switched to Portuguese.

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