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Xakriabá

Xakriabá was a Nuclear-Macro-Je language once spoken in Brazil.

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Xakriabá (also called Chakriaba, Chikriaba, Shacriaba or Shicriabá) is a dormant Akuwẽ (Central Jê) language (Jê, Macro-Jê) formerly spoken in Minas Gerais, Brazil by the Xakriabá people, who today speak Portuguese. The language is known through two short wordlists collected by Augustin Saint-Hilaire and Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege.

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Words in Xakriabá

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