Ingain language

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Ingain
Native toBrazil
RegionSanta Catarina
Extinctearly 20th century?
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologinga1253
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Ingain is an extinct language of Brazil, closely related to the Southern Jê languages Kaingáng and Laklãnõ (Xokléng). Kimdá may have been a dialect.

Geographical distribution

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Ingain was spoken along the middle Paraná River, from the Iguatemi River in the north to the Arroyo Yabebiry in the south.[1]: 15 

Varieties

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Related "South Kaingáng" languages were:[2]

  • Guayana / Wayana / Gualachí / Guanhanan - extinct language once spoken between the Uruguay River and Paraná River, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Amhó or Ivitorocái - extinct language from Riacho Ivitoracái, Paraguay. Listed as separate from the Ingain cluster by Mason (1950).[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
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