Tuxá language
| Tuxá | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Bahia, Pernambuco |
| Extinct | end 19th century |
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unclassified
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | tuxa1239 |
Tuxá (Tusha; also Todela ~ Rodela, Carapató, Payacú) was the eastern Brazilian language of the Tuxá people, who now speak Portuguese. The language ceased being spoken in the late 19th century, but in the 1960s a research team found two women that had been expelled from the Tuxa tribe in Bahia who knew some thirty words.
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