Xokleng language
Appearance
Xokleng | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Santa Catarina |
Ethnicity | Xokleng |
Native speakers | (760 cited 1998)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xok |
Glottolog | xokl1240 |
ELP | Xokleng |
Xokleng or Laklãnõ is a Southern Jê language ( Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Xokleng people of Brazil. It is closely related to Kaingang.
Names
Alternate names are Socré, Chocré, Xocren, Bugre, Botocudo, Aweicoma, Cauuba, Caahans, Caagua, Caaigua.[2]
References
- ^ Xokleng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
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