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| Kamakã | |
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| Ezeshio | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Bahia |
| Ethnicity | Kamakã people |
| Extinct | by 1950s |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vkm |
| Glottolog | kama1372 |
| Linguasphere | 89-GAA-aa |
The Kamakã language (Kamakan), or Ezeshio, is an extinct language of a small family, belonging to the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil. Kotoxó and Mongoyó/Mangaló are sometimes included as dialects.
Kamakã is a Macro-Jê language. It was spoken by several groups of indigenous peoples who lived in Bahia, including the Kamakã, Mongoyó, Menién, Kotoxó and Masakará.
The Kamakã people are now completely integrated into the Pataxó-hã-hã-hãe people.
Grahl (2009) proposes the following phonology for Kamakã. Nikulin (2020) believes that he "does not exercise due caution", thereby "incurring evident errors".
| Oral | Nasal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | |
| High | i | ɨ | u | ĩ | (ɨ̃) | (ũ) |
| Mid | e | ə | o | (ẽ) | (õ) | |
| Low | ɛ | a | ɔ | ã | ||
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | tʃ | k | |
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | x | h |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Glide | j | w |