Karirí-Xocó

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
kzw
Alternate Names
Karirí, Kariri Xucó, Kipeá, Xocó, Xokó, Xokó-Karirí, Xukurú, Xukuru Kariri
Population

No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 3,570 (Crevels 2007).

Location

Alagoas.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Language isolate
Dialects

Kamurú (Camuru), Kipeá (Quipea), Sabujá (Pedra Branca). Other dialects or languages are even less well attested. Classified as Equatorial (Greenberg 1959), Macro-Carib (Swadesh 1959), Macro-Ge (Rodrigues 1975), Isolate (Rivet and Loukotka 1952, Larsen 1984).

Language Use

Shifted to Portuguese [por].

Language Development
Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Karirí-Xocó
Other Comments

Xokó, Karirí-Xokó, Xukuru-Kariri are all descendants of indigenous groups that used to inhabit northeast Brazil. It is not clear whether they spoke 3 different languages or just one (2007).