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Kaimbé language

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Native to
  
Brazil

Extinct
  
early 20th century

ISO 639-3
  
xai

Region
  
Bahía

Language family
  
unclassified

Glottolog
  
kaim1235

Kaimbé is an extinct unclassified language of eastern Brazil. The ethnic population numbered an estimated 1,100 to 1,400 in 1986. The language is scarcely attested; in 1961 one elder was able to remember a few single words mixed with Kiriri.

References

Kaimbé language Wikipedia