Masakará | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Bahia |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Macro-Jê
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
qlz | |
Glottolog |
masa1311 |
Masakará is an extinct language related to Kamakã. It is one of the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil. [1] It was once spoken south of the city of Juazeiro and at the old mission of Saco dos Morcegos (present-day Mirandela, Banzaê, near Ribeira do Pombal, Bahia State). [2]
The district of Massacará in Euclides da Cunha, Bahia is named after the tribe.
Martins (2007) [3] classifies Masakará as the most divergent of the Kamakã languages.