Xokó language

Xokó
Shoko
Native toBrazil
RegionSergipe, Alagoas
EthnicityXokó
Extinctlate 20th century
Xokó–Natú
  • Xokó
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologxoco1235
Linguasphere89-CBC-aa
Map of the Xocó language.

Xokó (Chocó, Shokó, Ceococe) is an extinct and poorly attested language of Brazil that is not known to be related to other languages. It has been classified as being related to Natú, which was spoken nearby.

It was originally spoken along the Piancó River is an area that is now a suburb of Porto Real do Colégio.

Vocabulary

Pompeu (1958)

Chocó (Xocó) vocabulary collected in Colégio, Alagoas:

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Chocó
fogofireatsá/tsá
águawatertaká
cachimbosmoking pipepupú, masapuãba
homemmanmãjikêô

References

  1. ↑ Xokó at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Mata, Vera Lúcia Calheiros (2018-07-13) [May 1999]. "Kariri-Xokó - Povos Indígenas no Brasil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  3. ↑ Lima Neto, Valdivino José de; Nunes, Ticiane Rodrigues (2022). "Etnolinguística Indígena: A Classificação da Língua do Povo Xokó". Ensaios Interdisciplinares em Humanidades (PDF). Vol. 5. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. pp. 400–419.
  4. ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  5. ↑ Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.