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Krenak language

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Native to
  
Brazil

Ethnicity
  
150 Botocudo (2006)

ISO 639-3
  
kqq

Region
  
Minas Gerais

Native speakers
  
10 (2006)

Language family
  
Macro-Gê Krenak languages Krenak

The Krenak language, or Botocudo, is the moribund sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.

References

Krenak language Wikipedia