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Kapoxó (Capoxo, Kaposho) is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil.[1]

Kapoxó
Capoxo
Native to	Brazil
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Macro-Jê Maxakalían Kapoxó
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	capo1236

Documentation

Kapoxó is documented in a word list collected in 1818,[2] which was published in Martius, 1863: 170-172.[3]

Distribution

Kapoxó was historically spoken on the Araçuaí River in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Kumanaxó and Panhame are closely related varieties.[4]

Further reading

• Métraux, Alfred and Curt Nimuendajú. 1946. The Mashacalí, Patashó, and Malalí Linguistic Families. In Julian H. Steward (ed.), The Marginal Tribes, 541-545. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.

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