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Menién language

Menién is an extinct language related to Kamakã. It is one of the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.

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Menién
Native toBrazil
RegionBahia
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmeni1247

Menién is an extinct language related to Kamakã. It is one of the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.1

Distribution

It was spoken at the sources of the Jequitinhonha River.2

References

References

  1. Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
  2. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.