Jê People
Jê or Gê may refer to: *Jê languages *Jê peoples Jê or Gê are the people who spoke Jê languages of the northern South American Caribbean coast and Brazil. In Brazil, the Jê were found in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Piauí, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Tocantins, Maranhão, and as far south ...

Jê Languages
The Jê languages (also spelled Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Gê peoples, Jê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil. Genetic relations The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal convincing. Family division According to Ethnologue (which omits Jeikó), the language family is as follows: * Jeikó language, Jeikó (†) * Northern Jê ** Apinayé language, Apinayé (2,300 speakers) ** Mẽbengokre language, Mẽbengokre (Kayapó) (8,638 speakers) ** Panará language, Panará (Kreen Akarore) (380 speakers) ** Suya language, Suyá (350 speakers) ** Timbira language, Timbira (Canela-Krayô, with the Canela language, Canela and Kreye language, Kreye dialects) (5,100 speakers) * Central Jê ** Acroá language, Acroá (†) ** Xavante language, Xavante (9,600 speakers) ** Xerente language, Xerente (1,810 speakers) ** Xakriabá language, Xakriabá (†) * Southern Jê ** Xokleng language, Xokleng (7 ...
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