Katembri–Taruma is a
language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term ''family'' is a metaphor borrowed from biology, with the tree model used in historical linguistics ...
proposed by
Kaufman (1990) that links two extinct or critically endangered languages of South America:
* Katembri–Taruma
**
Katembrí, Mirandela of
Bahia State, Brazil
[Métraux, A. (1951). Une nouvelle langue Tapuya de la région de Bahia, (Brésil). ''Journal de la Société de Americanistes''. 40: 51-58 ]
**
Taruma, Taruamá of Brazil and Guyana
The proposal is not repeated in Campbell (2012).
See also
*
Kariri languages
Kiriri people are indigenous peoples of Brazil, indigenous people of Eastern Brazil. Their name is also spelled Cariri or Kariri and comes from the Tupi language, Tupi word meaning "silent" or "taciturn".
History
The French Order of Friars Mino ...
References
* Alfred Métraux, 1951,
Une nouvelle langue Tapuya de la région de Bahia, (Brésil)'
Indigenous languages of Western Amazonia
Languages of Brazil
Proposed language families
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