Map of Buíque, Permambuco, where the Kapinawá live
Paratió (also called Praki-ô, Prakió, and Paraquió) is an extinct and poorly attested language of northeastern Brazil, known only through two wordlists published in 1958. It appears to have been related to Xukuru, and may have been a dialect, according to Glottolog. However, there is very little evidence to determine this relationship. The modern-day Paratió, originally settled in the aldeia of Macaco, now call themselves Kapinawá.
Geographical distribution
It was originally spoken along the Capibaribe River, and was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres as of 1964.
History
As of the 1900s, the Xukuru population still had some recollection of the Paratió population, however the Paratió's geographical location suggests that they could be ancestors of the Kapinawá.
Vocabulary
Pompeu Sobrinho (1958)
These word lists of language varieties from the Serra do Urubá (also known as the Serra do Arorobá or Serra do Ororubá, located in the municipality of Pesqueira, Pernambuco) are reproduced from Pompeu Sobrinho (1958). According to Loukotka (1968), the following wordlists represent Paratió.
Below are two vocabularies collected by Domingos Cruz, who was not trained professionally, in Pesqueira, Pernambuco, from his informants Rodrigues de Mendonça, who was originally from the Serra do Urubá, and Pedro Rodrigues, who was originally from the abandoned sitio of Gitó (Jitó) in the Serra do Urubá.
