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Maxakalí

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: mbl

Population	800 (1997 ISA).
Region	Minas Gerais, 160 km inland from coast. 14 villages.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 163
Alternate names	Caposho, Cumanasho, Macuni, Monaxo, Monocho
Classification	Macro-Ge, Maxakali
Language use	Young population.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 37%. Literacy rate in L2: 37%. NT: 1981.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., editor. 1971. Estudos sôbre línguas e culturas indígenas: Trabalhos linguísticos realizados no Brasil (edição especial).

GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C.; POPOVICH, A. Harold; POPOVICH, Frances B., authors. 1970. "Native reaction and phonetic similarity in Maxakalí phonology."

POPOVICH, A. Harold, author. 1967. "Large grammatical units and the space-time setting in Maxakalí."

POPOVICH, A. Harold, author. 1971. "The sun and the moon, a Maxakalí text."  

POPOVICH, A. Harold, author. 1985. Discourse phonology of Maxakalí: a multilevel, multiunit approach.

POPOVICH, A. Harold, author. 1986. "The nominal reference system of Maxakalí."

POPOVICH, A. Harold, author. 1989. More about wall-chart primers.

POPOVICH, A. Harold; POPOVICH, Frances B., authors. 1984. Maxakalí literacy, economic development, and health program.

POPOVICH, A. Harold; POPOVICH, Frances B., compilers. 2004. Dicionário Maxakalí-Português-Glosário Português-Maxakalí.

POPOVICH, A. Harold; POPOVICH, Frances B., compilers. 2005. Dicionário Maxakalí-Português; Glossário Português-Maxakalí.  

POPOVICH, A. Harold; POPOVICH, Frances B., compilers. 2005. Maxakalí-English dictionary; English-Maxakalí glossary.  

POPOVICH, Frances B., author. 1980. The social organization of the Maxakalí.

POPOVICH, Frances B., author. 1988. Social power and ritual power in Maxakali society.

POPOVICH, Frances B., author; FLOR, Helena Vera, translator. 1994. A organização social dos Maxakalí.