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

MakoniGloss
potoihead
tʃoiteeth
ʃie-tahbreast
kiʃaheart
küm, köblood
tiun-ginmeat
[to-]tʃaⁱskin
tatangfather

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.