Native to Brazil Extinct end 19th century ISO 639-3 tud | Language family unclassified Glottolog tuxa1239 | |
Tuxá (Tusha; also Todela ~ Rodela, Carapató, Payacú) was the eastern Brazilian language of the Tuxá people, who now speak Portuguese. The language ceased being spoken in the late 19th century, but in the 1960s a research team found two women that had been expelled from the Tuxa tribe in Bahia who knew some thirty words.
References
Tuxá language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA