Cabixi language

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Cabixi
Cabixi-Natterer
Native to Brazil
Region Mato Grosso
Eraattested 19th century
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog cabi1242

Cabixi is an extinct and unclassified language, [1] formerly spoken on the Steinen River in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. [2] It is known only from a list of words collected by Johann Natterer. [3] It may have been tonal. [4] [5]

References

  1. Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Brijnen, Hélène B. (2015-07-10). "Johann Natterer and the Amazonian languages". Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica. 6 (2): 333–352. doi:10.26512/rbla.v6i2.16285. ISSN   2317-1375.
  2. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles : University of California, Latin American Center.
  3. "Glottolog 5.2 - Cabixi-Natterer". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Brijnen, Hélène B. (2014). "Natterer's Linguistic Heritage". In Weltmuseum Wien Friends (ed.). Archiv 63-64. ISBN   978-3-643-99824-8.
  5. Natterer, Johann (1817). Wortlisten von Indianersprachen in Brasilien. doi:10.7891/e-manuscripta-128842.