| Kamakã | |
| Nativename: | Ezeshio |
| Extinct: | first half 20th century |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Dia1: | Kamakã |
| Dia2: | Kotoxó |
| Dia3: | Mongoyó/Mangaló |
| Iso3: | vkm |
| Glotto: | kama1372 |
| Glottoname: | Kamakan |
The Kamakã language (Kamakan), or Ezeshio, is an extinct language of a small family, belonging to the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.[1] Kotoxó and Mongoyó/Mangaló are sometimes included as dialects.
| Close | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
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| Close-mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
| Stop | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Flap | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Glide | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
Kamakã is a Macro-Jê language. It was spoken by several groups of indigenous peoples who lived in Bahia, including the Kamakã, Mongoyó, Menién, Kotoxó and Masakará.[3]