Katembri language

Katembrí
Kiriri
Native toBrazil
RegionBanzaê and Quijingue, Bahia
Extinct(date missing)
Katembri–Taruma ?
  • Katembrí
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qef
GlottologNone

Katembri (Catrimbi [sic], Kariri de Mirandela, Mirandela) was a divergent language of Bahia, northeastern Brazil that appears to be distantly related to Taruma (Kaufman 1990).

It is known only from about 100 words collected in the early 1960s from João Manoel Domingos, an elderly rememberer with vague memories of the language.

Katembri was spoken at the mission of Saco dos Morcegos, now known as Mirandela, Bahia.[1]

  1. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.