Masakará is an extinct language related to Kamakã. It is one of the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.[1] It was once spoken south of the city of Juazeiro and at the old mission of Saco dos Morcegos (present-day Mirandela, Banzaê, near Ribeira do Pombal, Bahia State).[2]
| Masakará | |
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| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Bahia |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Language family | Macro-Jê
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
Linguist List | qlz |
| Glottolog | masa1311 |
The district of Massacará in Euclides da Cunha, Bahia is named after the tribe.
Martins (2007)[3] classifies Masakará as the most divergent of the Kamakã languages.
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