Makoní language
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Makoní (Maconi, Macuní) is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil. It is documented in word lists collected in 1816-1818.
Distribution
Makoní was historically spoken in the Caravelas River area of Bahia, Brazil.
Vocabulary
| Makoni | Gloss |
|---|---|
| potoi | head |
| tʃoi | teeth |
| ʃie-tah | breast |
| kiʃa | heart |
| küm, kö | blood |
| tiun-gin | meat |
| [to-]tʃaⁱ | skin |
| tatang | father |
Further reading
- Métraux, Alfred and Curt Nimuendajú. 1946. . In Julian H. Steward (ed.), The Marginal Tribes, 541-545. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.