Krenak language

Krenak
Native toBrazil
RegionMinas Gerais
Ethnicity150 Botocudo (2006)[1]
Native speakers
10 (2006)[1]
Dialects
  • Nakrehé
  • Uti Krag (Nakpie)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqq
Glottologkren1239
ELPKrenak

The Krenak language, or Botocudo, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.

  1. ^ a b Krenak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)