The Kamakã language (Kamakan), or Ezeshio, is an extinct language of a small family, belonging to the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília. Kotoxó and Mongoyó/Mangaló are sometimes included as dialects.
Classification 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.
History The are now completely integrated into the Pataxó-hã-hã-hãe people. Phonology Grahl (2009) proposes the following phonology for Kamakã. Nikulin (2020) believes that he "does not exercise due caution", thereby "incurring evident errors". +VowelsOralNasalFrontCentralBackFrontCentralBackHigh()()Mid()()Low
/ə/ can also be realized as [ʌ]. Nasal vowels in parentheses are taken from the Krenak vowel system for symmetry.
+ConsonantsLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalStopFricativeNasalFlapGlide
can be in free variation with a fricative and a lateral . is heard as when preceding .
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