Xakriabá language
LANGUAGE
Chakriaba language; Chikriaba language; Shacriaba language; Xacriabá language; Xacriaba language; Xakriaba language; ISO 639:xkr; Chacriaba language; Chicriaba language
Xakriabá (also written Chakriaba, Chikriaba, Shacriaba) is an extinct or dormant Akuwẽ (Central Jê) language (Jê, Macro-Jê) formerly spoken in Minas Gerais, Brazil by the Xakriabá people, who today speak Portuguese. The language is known through two short wordlists collected by Augustin Saint-Hilaire and Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege.