Kamakã Language
The Kamakã language (Kamakan), or Ezeshio, is an extinct language of a Kamakã languages, small family, belonging to the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo'. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília. Kotoxó language, Kotoxó and Mongoyó/Mangaló are sometimes included as dialects. Phonology * /ə/ can also be realized as a back vowel sound [ʌ]. * /ɾ/ can be in free variation with a fricative [ʒ] and a lateral [l]. * /n/ is heard as [ŋ] when preceding /k/. Classification 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.Rivail Ribeiro et van der Voort 2010, p. 547. References Sources

* Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro, Hein van der Voort, ''Nimuendajú Was Right : The Inclusion of the Jabuti Language Family in the Macro-Jê Stock'', International Journal of American Linguistics, 76:4, p ...
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