Purian languages

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Purian (also Purían) is a small extinct language family of eastern Brazil.

Contents 1 Family division 2 Genealogical relations 3 See also 4 Links 5 Bibliography

[edit] Family division

Purian consisted of 2 languages:

1. Coropó (a.k.a. Coropa, Koropo, Koropó)

2. Purí (a.k.a. Puri, Colorado, Coroado)

All languages are now extinct. Coropó was spoken in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. Purí was spoken in Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais.

[edit] Genealogical relations

Purian is often considered in Macro-Jê proposals.

[edit] See also

• Purí
• Extinct language

[edit] Links

• PROEL: Familia Purían
• Ethnologue: Puri

[edit] Bibliography

• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46-76). London: Routledge.