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Kapinawá language

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Kapinawâ
(unattested)
Native toBrazil
RegionPernambuco
EthnicityKapinawá
Extinct(date missing)
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpn
Glottologkapi1248

The Kapinawá language is a presumed and unattested language of northeastern Brazil, formerly spoken by the Kapinawá, who are now monolingual in Portuguese. As Kapinawá is unattested, it cannot be shown to have been distinct from neighboring languages.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1 – s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. ISSN 1535-0665.