Kaimbé language

Kaimbé
Spoken in Brazil
Region Bahía
Extinct early 20th century
Language family
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xai

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.

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