Jê languages
Jê | |
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Jê–Kaingang, Gê, Ye | |
Ethnicity | Gê peoples |
Geographic distribution | Brazil |
Linguistic classification |
Macro-Jê
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | jeee1236[1] |
Jê languages proper (clear yellow) and other Macro-Jê languages (dark yellow) in modern times. Shadowed area represent approximately extension in the past. |
The Jê languages (also spelled Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Gê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.
Family division
According to Ethnologue (which omits Jeikó), the language family is as follows:
Genetic relations
The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman, Murno-Gladst, et al. (1990) find the proposal convincing.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Je". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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