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Makoní (Maconi, Macuní) is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil. ^[1]

Makoní is documented in word lists collected in 1816-1818. ^[2]

Distribution

Makoní was historically spoken in the Caravelas River area of Bahia, Brazil. ^[3]

Further reading

• Métraux, Alfred and Curt Nimuendajú. 1946. The Mashacalí, Patashó, and Malalí Linguistic Families. In Julian H. Steward (ed.), The Marginal Tribes, 541-545. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.

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