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The Kỳikatêjê (Gavião-Kỳikatêjê) are an indigenous people of Brazil. [2] [3] Their original language is Kỳikatêjê, a Timbira language of the Jê languages language family (Macro-Jê) most closely related to Parkatêjê. The Kỳikatêjê currently live in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria (Bom Jesus do Tocantins in southeastern Pará), but their original location was located further to the east, up the Tocantins River in the state of Maranhão. [1] :109
The Kỳikatêjê are known for forming the first professional indigenous football club in Brazil in 2009, which has since competed in the Campeonato Paraense. [4] [5]
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Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube, commonly known as Gavião Kyikatejê, is a Brazilian football club based in Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará state. They are the first professional indigenous football club in Brazil.
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Parkatêjê is a Timbira variety of the Jê language family of Brazil. It is spoken by 12 individuals in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria. It is closely related to Kỳikatêjê, spoken by another Timbira group in the same reservation. Parkatêjê has been described and documented by Leopoldina Araújo and, more recently, by other researchers from the Federal University of Pará.
Maria das Dores de Oliveira is a Pankararú linguist. She is best known as the first indigenous scholar to have obtained a doctoral degree in Brazil. Her research has focused on the description of the moribund Ofayé language of the Macro-Jê language family, spoken in Brazlândia, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Kỳikatêjê or Kyikatêjê is a Timbira variety of the Jê language family of Brazil. It spoken by the Kỳikatêjê people in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria. Almost all speakers are over 40 years old; the younger generations have shifted to Portuguese. Kỳikatêjê is closely related to Parkatêjê, spoken by another Timbira group in the same reservation.
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