Kaimbé is an extinct unclassified language of eastern Brazil. The ethnic population numbered an estimated 1,100 to 1,400 in 1986. The language is scarcely attested; in 1961 one elder was able to remember a few single words mixed with Kiriri.
| Kaimbé | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Bahia |
| Extinct | Early 20th century[1] |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xai |
| Glottolog | kaim1235 |
The district of Caimbé in Euclides da Cunha, Bahia is named after the tribe.
Vocabulary edit
Kaimbé words collected from an elderly rememberer in Massacará, Euclides da Cunha, Bahia by Wilbur Pickering in 1961:[2]
Portuguese gloss
(original)English gloss
(translated)Kaimbé fogo fire ˈlumi fumo smoke buzʌ̨ ave, (tipo aracuão?) bird (rufous-vented ground cuckoo?) kwakwι barraco house, shed toˈkaya caça (gambá?) wild game (possum?) koˈřoa deus God ˈmeutipʌ̨ rede net kiˈsε
References edit
- ^ Kaimbé at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAIMBÉ[1]