Xakriabá language

Xakriabá (also written Chakriaba, Chikriaba, Shacriaba) is an extinct Ge language formerly spoken in Minas Gerais, Brazil by the Xakriabá people, who today speak Portuguese.[2]

Xakriabá
Native toBrazil
RegionMinas Gerais
Ethnicityformerly Xakriabá people
Extinct1864
Macro-Ge
  • Ge
    • Central
      • Acua
        • Xakriabá
Language codes
ISO 639-3xkr
Glottologxakr1238[1]

The last confirmed native speaker of the language died in 1864.

History

Before 1712, Xakriabá was originally spoken along the São Francisco River near São Romão, Minas Gerais[3] (Saint-Hilaire 2000: 340-341).[4] The Xakriabá were then forced to migrate after being defeated by Matias Cardoso de Almeida and other Paulistas from 1690 onwards. In 1819, Saint-Hilaire (1975: 145)[5] noted that the Xakriabá of Triângulo Mineiro region spoke a Xerente dialect.[3]

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Xakriaba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Christopher Moseley (2007). Encyclopedia Of The World's Endangered Languages. London, UK: Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 9780700711970.
  3. Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. doi:10.20396/liames.v15i2.8642302
  4. Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de. 2000. Viagem pelas províncias do Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte: Editora Itatiaia.
  5. Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de. 1975. Viagem à província de Goiás. Belo Horizonte: Editora Itatiaia.


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