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Je languages

Jê–Kaingang, Gê, Ye
Ethnicity: Gê peoples
Geographic
distribution:
Brazil
Linguistic classification: Macro-Jê
Subdivisions:
  • Central Jê
  • Northwest Jê
  • Kaingáng
Glottolog: jeee1236
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Jê languages proper (clear yellow) and other Macro-Jê languages (dark yellow) in modern times. Shadowed area represent approximately extension in the past.

The Jê languages (also spelled , Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the , a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.

The language family is as follows:

The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman, Murno-Gladst, et al. (1990) find the proposal convincing.



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