Xokleng language
| Xokleng | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Santa Catarina |
| Ethnicity | Xokleng |
Native speakers | 760 (1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xok |
| Glottolog | xokl1240 |
| ELP | Xokleng |
Xokleng or Laklãnõ is a Southern Jê language ( Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Xokleng people of Brazil. It is closely related to Kaingang.
Names[]
Alternate names are Socré, Chocré, Xocren, Bugre, Botocudo, Aweicoma, Cauuba, Caahans, Caagua, Caaigua.[2]
References[]
- ^ Xokleng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
External links[]
Categories:
- Jê languages
- Languages of Brazil
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs