Macro-Gê languages
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| Macro-Jê
Macro-Gê
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| Geographic distribution: |
Brazil |
| Genetic classification: |
Je-Tupi-Carib? Macro-Jê |
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Macro-Jê (also spelled Macro-Gê) is a medium-sized language stock in South America centered around the Jê language family, first proposed in 1926 and undergoing moderate modifications since then. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal "probable".
- Jê-Kaingang (16 languages in three branches: Kaingáng [18,000 speakers of four languages], and northern and southern Jê languages such as Xavánte [8000 speakers])
- Krenák (Botocudo)
- Borôro
- Kamakã [extinct]
- Karajá
- Karirí [extinct]
- Maxakalían
- Ofayé (Opaie)
- Purían [extinct]
- Rikbaktsá
- Yabutian [moribund]
Eduardo Ribeiro of the University of Chicago finds no evidence to classify Fulniô (Yatê) and Guató as Macro-Je, pace Kaufman, nor Otí and Chiquitano, pace Greenberg.
These languages share irregular morphology with the Tupi and Carib families, and Rodrigues (2000) and Ribeiro connect them all as a Je-Tupi-Carib family.
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