Xukuru Languages, Small Family
Xukuru may refer to: * Xukuru people, an ethnic group of Brazil * Xukuru language Xukuru (Xucuru, Shukurú, Ichikile) was a poorly attested language of Brazil. It is also known as ''Kirirí, Kirirí-Xokó, Ichikile''. It is known only from a few word lists and a sketch by Geraldo Lapenda (1962).Lapenda, Geraldo Calábria. 196 ...

Xukuru People
The Xukuru (Xucuru) are an indigenous people of Brazil, with a population of approximately 8,500, living in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... They have recently gained governmental recognition of their rights to their indigenous homeland in the Ororubá Mountains, though this has brought them into conflict with the local settler population of the region. In 1998, a Xukuru leader, Chicão (Francisco Lacerda, also Cacique Xikão), was assassinated, apparently because of his opposition to the encroachment of ranchers in Xukuru territory. However his children carried on his legacy. An extensive ethnography has been written by Hohenthal (1954).Hohenthal, Jr., W. D. 1954. Notes on the Shucurú Indians of Serra de Ararobá, Pernambuco, ...
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