Macro-Jê languages

E494723

language family

The Macro-Jê languages are a major family of indigenous languages of Brazil, spoken by diverse ethnic groups across central and eastern regions of the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Macro-Jê languages canonical	2
Macro-Gê languages	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language family ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
endangermentStatus	many member languages are endangered ⓘ several member languages are moribund or extinct ⓘ
familyColor	Macro-Jê NERFINISHED ⓘ
geneticStatus	proposed language macrofamily ⓘ
geographicDistribution	central Brazil savannas ⓘ eastern Brazilian Atlantic forest region ⓘ
hasSubfamily	Botocudo (Krenák) languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabutí languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Jê languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Karajá language group ⓘ Krenák languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxakalían languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ofayé language NERFINISHED ⓘ Puri–Coroado languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Rikbaktsá language group ⓘ Xokleng–Kaingang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesLanguage	Jabutí languages ⓘ Kaingang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Karajá language ⓘ Kayapó language ⓘ Krenák language ⓘ Maxakalí language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ofayé language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rikbaktsá language NERFINISHED ⓘ Xavante language NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerente language NERFINISHED ⓘ Xokleng language NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	Brazilian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Central Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Brazil ⓘ
spokenBy	indigenous peoples of Brazil ⓘ
spokenIn	Bahia state NERFINISHED ⓘ Goiás state NERFINISHED ⓘ Mato Grosso state NERFINISHED ⓘ Minas Gerais state NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande do Sul state NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Catarina state NERFINISHED ⓘ Tocantins state NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	American indigenous languages ⓘ South American languages ⓘ languages of Brazil ⓘ
typologicalFeature	predominantly head-final syntax ⓘ relatively small phoneme inventories ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script (for many languages) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xingu River → languageRegionFor → Macro-Jê languages ⓘ

Bororo people → languageFamily → Macro-Jê languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macro-Gê languages

Kayapó people → languageFamily → Macro-Jê languages ⓘ