For the Papuan language known as "Je", see Yei language.
Jê | |
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Jê–Kaingang, Gê, Ye | |
Ethnicity: | Gê peoples |
Geographic distribution: |
Brazil |
Linguistic classification: | Macro-Jê
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Subdivisions: |
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Glottolog: | jeee1236[1] |
![]() Jê languages proper (clear yellow) and other Macro-Jê languages (dark yellow) in modern times. Shadowed area represent approximately extension in the past.
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The Jê languages (also spelled Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Gê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.
Family division
The language family is as follows:
- Jaikó (†) (Northern Jê)
- Central Jê
- Northwest Jê
- Kaingáng (Southern Jê)
- Kaingáng
- Xokleng
- São Paulo Kaingáng (†)
- Ingain (†)
- Guayana (†)
Genetic relations
The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman, Murno-Gladst, et al. (1990) find the proposal convincing.