Ritual Maxakalí (also referred to as "Old Maxakalí"
[Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015)]
Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro
''LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas'', 15(2), 223 - 277. ) is a
ritual language belonging to the
Maxakalían language family of eastern
Brazil
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. It is used in ritual songs sung by the
Maxakali
The Maxakali are an ethnic group of indigenous people in Brazil.
Geography and ethnology
The Maxakali live in the districts of Santa Helena de Minas, Bertópolis, Ladainha, Minas Gerais, Ladainha and Teófilo Otoni in the federal state Minas ...
, and is held to be the language of their ancestors. Spoken
Maxakalí is different from the variety used in the Maxakalí ritual songs, though both are classified as
Maxakalían languages. It is more closely related to other extinct Maxakalían languages such as
Makoní than to modern spoken Maxakalí.
[Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. ]
Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo
'. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília. It is also closely related to Monoxó,
Kapoxó, Kumanaxó, Panhame, and other extinct varieties.
References
Maxakalían languages
Ritual languages
Languages of Brazil
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