Tuxá (Tusha; also ''Todela ~ Rodela, Carapató, Payacú'') was the eastern Brazilian language of the
Tuxá people, who now speak Portuguese. The language ceased being spoken in the late 19th century, but in the 1960s a research team found two women that had been expelled from the Tuxa tribe in
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by ...
who knew some thirty words.
It was spoken along the
São Francisco River
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near
Glória, Bahia, and was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have more recently been in the village of
Rodelas
Rodelas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
Geography
The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.
The municipality was designated a priority area for conserv ...
,
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...
(now part of
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by ...
).
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968)
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
:
Pompeu (1958)
Tushá vocabulary collected by Antônio Likaro e Cordorina in
Rodelas
Rodelas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
Geography
The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.
The municipality was designated a priority area for conserv ...
:
[Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. ''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.]
:
Meader (1978)
In 1961, Wilbur Pickering recorded the following word list in
Juazeiro
Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.
The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing ...
,
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by ...
from Maria Dias dos Santos. She was an elderly rememberer of Tuxá who was born in
Rodelas
Rodelas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
Geography
The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.
The municipality was designated a priority area for conserv ...
, but later moved to
Juazeiro
Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.
The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing ...
.
:
References
* (Tuxá wordlist §3.8, p30)
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuxa Language
Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil
Extinct languages of South America
Language isolates of South America
Languages extinct in the 19th century