Kariri languages

Karirí
Karirian
Native toBrazil
Regionbetween Bahia and Maranhão
EthnicityKiriri people
Extinctca. 1970
Macro-Gê
  • Karirí
Language codes
ISO 639-3kzw
Glottologkari1254  Kariri

The Karirí languages, generally considered dialects of a single language, were a group of languages formerly spoken by the Kiriri people of Brazil. It was spoken until the middle of the 20th century; the 4,000 ethnic Kiriri are now monolingual Portuguese speakers, though a few know common phrases and names of medicinal plants.