Xukuru language

Xukurú
Native toBrazil
RegionPernambuco
Ethnicity2,700 Xukuru people (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xoo
Glottologxuku1239
xucu1234

Xukurú (Xucurú, Shukurú, Ichikile) is an indigenous language of Brazil. It is also known as Ichikile. It is known only from a few word lists and a sketch by Geraldo Lapenda (1962).[2]

It was originally spoken in the Serra de São José and on the Meio River, Capibaribe River and Taperoa River in the states of Pernambuco and Paraíba. Loukotka (1968) reports the most recent locations as the Serra Ararobá and Cimbres.[3]

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  2. ^ Lapenda, Geraldo Calábria. 1962. O dialecto Xucuru. Doxa (Revista Oficial do Departamento de Cultura do Diretório Acadêmico da Faculdade de Filosofia de Pernambuco da Universidade do Recife), ano X, n. 10, p. 11-23.
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