Ritual Maxakalí language explained

Ritual Maxakalí
Also Known As:Old Maxakalí
States:Brazil
Ethnicity:Maxakali
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Macro-Jê
Fam2:Maxakalían
Iso3:none

Ritual Maxakalí (also referred to as "Old Maxakalí"[1]) is a ritual language belonging to the Maxakalían language family of eastern Brazil. It is used in ritual songs sung by the Maxakali. Spoken Maxakalí is different from the variety used in the Maxakalí ritual songs, though both are classified as Maxakalían languages. It is more closely related to other extinct Maxakalían languages such as Makoní than to modern spoken Maxakalí.[2] It is also closely related to Monoxó, Kapoxó, Kumanaxó, Panhame, and other extinct varieties.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.