Natú ( Peagaxinan) is an

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of eastern Brazil. It was originally spoken on the

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in the

Cariri Kiriri people are indigenous people of Eastern Brazil. Their name is also spelled Cariri or Kariri and is a Tupi word meaning "silent" or "tactiturn." History The French Capuchin missionary Martin of Nantes (1638–1714) was the apostle of the ...

area near present-day

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Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items. : Natu as spoken by Natu

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s in Colégio,

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. It ...

:Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. ''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19. :

References

* * Nimuendajú, Curt: Lista comparativa com 19 itens Natu. Pasta nº. 6 del Archivo da Sala Lingüística del Departamento de Antropología del Museo Nacional,

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. * Oliveira, Carlos Estevão de. mss. e informações. ''Rev. Mus. Paul'', 17.

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, 1931. * Pompeu Sobrinho, Th. (1958): Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste. ''Boletim de Antropologia'', 2(1). Fortaleza, 1958. (Lista vocabular nº 4, com 17 itens). {{DEFAULTSORT:Natu Language Extinct languages of South America Unclassified languages of South America Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil