Wakoná language

{{Short description|Extinct language of eastern Brazil}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Wakoná

| nativename =

| acceptance = unattested

| states = Brazil

| region = Alagoas

| extinct = mid-1970s

| ref = e25

| familycolor = American

| family = unclassifiable

| lc2 = waf

|ld2=Wakoná (Aconã)

| glotto = wako1235

| glottorefname = Wakoná

| ethnicity = 500-1,000 Aconã (1995)

| altname = Aconã

| lc1 = tgv

| ld1 = Tingui-Botó

}}

Wakoná (Aconã) is an extinct and unattested, presumed language of eastern Brazil, formerly spoken by the Tingui-Botó, also called the Aconã.{{Cite web |title=Reserva Indígena Aconã {{!}} Drupal |url=https://terrasindigenas.org.br/en/terras-indigenas/5106 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=localhost |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Ministério Publico Federal - http://www.mpf.mp.br/ |title=Indígenas Aconã recebem FPI do São Francisco com a dança sagrada do Toré, em Traipu |url=https://www.mpf.mp.br/al/sala-de-imprensa/noticias-al/indigenas-acona-recebem-fpi-do-sao-francisco-com-a-danca-sagrada-do-tore-em-traipu |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240522154346/https://www.mpf.mp.br/al/sala-de-imprensa/noticias-al/indigenas-acona-recebem-fpi-do-sao-francisco-com-a-danca-sagrada-do-tore-em-traipu |archive-date=2024-05-22 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=MPF |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |title=Tingui Botó - Povos Indígenas no Brasil |url=https://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Povo:Tingui_Bot%C3%B3 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=pib.socioambiental.org}}{{Cite web |last=editorfpi |date=2024-05-10 |title=Indígenas Aconã recebem FPI AL com a dança sagrada do Toré |url=https://fpisaofrancisco.inf.br/index.php/2024/05/10/indigenas-acona-recebem-fpial/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |language=pt-BR}} The dispersed ethnic population numbered an estimated 500 to 1,000 in 1995. The population now uses Portuguese and Dzubukuá, also called Kariri-Xocó.

Geographical distribution

Wakoná was originally spoken around Lagoa Comprida and in Penedo. Loukotka (1968) reported that the remaining ethnic descendants who speak only Portuguese could be found in the city of Porto Real do Colégio.{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |authorlink=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}} They lived near Palmeira dos Índios according to Meader (1978).{{cite book |last=Meader |first=Robert E. |url= https://www.silbrazil.org/resources/archives/16988 |title=Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro |year=1978 |publisher=SIL International |location=Brasilia |lang=pt}}

References

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Category:Unattested languages of South America

Category:Extinct languages of South America

Category:Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil

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