Ingain is an extinct Jê language of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, closely related to the

Southern Jê Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...

languages

Kaingáng The Kaingang (also spelled ''caingangue'' in Portuguese or ''kanhgág'' in the Kaingang language) people are an Indigenous Brazilian ethnic group spread out over the three southern Brazilian states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande ...

and Laklãnõ (Xokléng). Kimdá may have been a dialect. Ingain was spoken along the middle

Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...

, from the

Iguatemi River The Iguatemi River is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul List of rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul ( Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective t ...

in the north to the

Arroyo Yabebiry Arroyo often refers to: * Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek Arroyo may also refer to: People * Arroyo (surname) Places United States ;California * Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California * Arroyo ...

in the south.Nikulin, Andrey. 2020.
Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo
'. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília. Related "South Kaingáng" languages were: *Guayana / Wayana / Gualachí / Guanhanan - extinct language once spoken between the

Uruguay River The Uruguay River ( es, Río Uruguay, ; pt, Rio Uruguai, ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La M ...

and

, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *Amhó or Ivitorocái - extinct language from Riacho Ivitoracái, Paraguay. Listed as separate from the Ingain cluster by Mason (1950).

References

Jê languages Extinct languages of South America Languages of Brazil Languages extinct in the 20th century {{Macro-Jê-lang-stub