Makoní language explained
| Makoní |
| Also Known As: | Macuní |
| States: | Brazil |
| Extinct: | ? |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Macro-Jê |
| Fam2: | Maxakalían |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | macu1258 |
| Glottorefname: | Macuni |
Makoní (Maconi, Macuní) is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil.[1]
Makoní is documented in word lists collected in 1816-1818.[2]
Distribution
Makoní was historically spoken in the Caravelas River area of Bahia, Brazil.[3]
Further reading
- Métraux, Alfred and Curt Nimuendajú. 1946. The Mashacalí, Patashó, and Malalí Linguistic Families. In Julian H. Steward (ed.), The Marginal Tribes, 541-545. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.
Notes and References
- Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
- 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.
- Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.
