Xokleng
PrintA language of Brazil
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Aweikoma, Botocudos, Bugre
Population
760 (1998 ISA).
Location
Santa Catarina, along tributary of Itajaí river.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Typology
SOV
Language Use
Number of speakers is dropping alarmingly due to intermarriage and countless social, political, and cultural disruptions (2007). Vast majority of the young people use only Portuguese [por] (Crevels 2007).
Writing
Latin script.
Glossonym: Bugre, used for Kaingang [kgp] and Brazilian Guaraní [gun]; Kaingang is sometimes used for Xokleng.