Jê languages
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| Jê | |
|---|---|
| Jê–Kaingang, Gê, Ye | |
| Ethnicity | Gê peoples |
| Geographic distribution | Brazil |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Jê
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| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | jeee1236[1] |
 Jê languages proper (clear yellow) and other Macro-Jê languages (dark yellow) in modern times. Shadowed area represent approximately extension in the past. | |
The Jê languages (also spelled Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Gê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.
Family division[edit]
According to Ethnologue (which omits Jeikó), the language family is as follows:
- Jeikó (†)
- Northern Jê
- Central Jê
- Southern Jê
- Xokleng
- Kaingáng
- Kaingáng
- São Paulo Kaingáng (†)
- Ingain (†)
- Guayana (†)
Genetic relations[edit]
The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal convincing.
References[edit]
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Je". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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