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Kamakan language

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Native to
  
Brazil

ISO 639-3
  
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Region
  
Bahia

Extinct
  
first half 20th century

Language family
  
Macro-Gê Kamakã languages Kamakã

Dialects
  
Kamakã Kotoxó Mongoyó/Mangaló

The Kamakã language (Kamakan), or Ezeshio, is an extinct language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages of Brazil. Dialects included Kotoxó and Mongoyó/Mangaló.

Classification

The Kamaka is a subset of the entire macro-Jê. The spoken language was spoken by several groups of Native Americans who lived in the region of Bahia: the Kamaka, Mongoyó, Menién, Kotoxó and Masakará.

References

Kamakan language Wikipedia