Truká language explained

Truká
States:Brazil
Region:Pernambuco, Bahia
Extinct:Latter half of 20th century
Ref:e25
Familycolor:American
Family:(unattested)
Iso3:tka
Glotto:truk1242
Glottorefname:Truká

Truká is an extinct and unattested, but presumed, language of Brazil. The ethnic population is about 1,300.

It was originally spoken in the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó, Pernambuco State.[1]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Truká . Povos Indígenas no Brasil . pt . 29 January 2020.