Kaimbé language
| Kaimbé | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Bahia |
| Ethnicity | Kaimbé |
| Extinct | Early 20th century[1] |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xai |
| Glottolog | kaim1235 |
Kaimbé is an extinct unclassified language of eastern Brazil. The ethnic population numbered an estimated 1,100 to 1,400 in 1986. The language is scarcely attested; in 1961 one elder was able to remember a few single words mixed with Kiriri.
The district of Caimbé in Euclides da Cunha, Bahia is named after the tribe.
Vocabulary
[edit]Kaimbé words collected from an elderly rememberer in Massacará, Euclides da Cunha, Bahia by Wilbur Pickering in 1961:[2]
Portuguese gloss
(original)English gloss
(translated)Kaimbé fogo fire ˈlumi fumo smoke buzʌ̨ ave, (tipo aracuão?) bird (rufous-vented ground cuckoo?) kwakwι barraco house, shed toˈkaya caça (gambá?) wild game (possum?) koˈřoa deus God ˈmeutipʌ̨ rede net kiˈsε
References
[edit]- ^ Kaimbé at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAIMBÉ[1]