Tremembé a.k.a. Teremembé is an extinct and unattested language of

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. It was originally spoken by the Tremembé people, who once inhabited the northern Brazilian coasts from

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. The Tremembé were described as a "Tapuia" tribe - that is, not one of the dominant Tupi–Guarani peoples of the coasts.

References

* Fabre, Alain (2005)
"Tremembé" (''Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos.'')
Unattested languages of South America Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil {{na-lang-stub