Mekéns language

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Mekens
Sakirabiá
Region Brazil
Ethnicity 100 (2010)[1]
Native speakers
40 (2010)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 skf
Glottolog saki1248[2]

Mekéns (Mekem), or Amniapé,[3] is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil.

There are three groups of Mekens speakers:[1]

  • Sakïrabiát (Sakirabiá, Sakiráp)
  • Koaratira (Guaratira, a.k.a. Kanoé – not the same as the Kanoé language)
  • Koarategayat (Guaratégaya, Guarategaja, Warategáya)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wolf Dietrich, "O tronco tupi e as suas famílias de línguas. Classificação e esboço tipológico". In Volker Noll & Wolf Dietrich, eds., O português e o tupi no Brasil, São Paulo, 2010.
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  3. Wanda Hanke, Morris Swadesh, & Aryon Rodrigues, ca. 1950 [2011], Notas de fonologia Mekéns

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