Paratió language

Paratió
RegionBrazil, Pernambuco, Alagoas
EthnicityTarairiú
Official status
Official language in
Tarairiú
Language codes
ISO 639-3
1a5
Glottologpara1322

Paratió (also called Paraquió, Praki-ô, Prakió[1]) is an indigenous language of the Northest of Brazil. It's related to the Tarairiú Family through Xukuru people.

It was originally spoken on the Capibaribe River, and was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres.[2] As of the 1900s, the Xukurú population still had some recollection of the Paratió population, however the Paratió's geographical location suggests that they could be ancestors of the Kapinawá.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Kapinawá - UFPE". www.ufpe.br. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  3. ^ Augusto Laranjeiras Sampaio, José (1995). "NOTAS SOBRE A FORMAÇÃO HISTÓRICA, ETNICIDADE E CONSTITUIÇÃO TERRITORIAL DO POVO KAPINAWÁ (Notes regarding the historical formation, ethnicity and territorial claim of the Kapinawá people)" (PDF). Instituto Socioambiental: 5.


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