The Xukuru languages are a language family

Language family

A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...

 proposed by Loukotka (1968) that links two extinct and poorly attested languages of eastern Brazil, (Xucuru, Shukurú, Kirirí, Kirirí-Xokó, Ichikile)

• Paratió

Other languages with this name

Xukuru-Kariri is a variety of Xokó, which may be a Kariri language

Kariri languages

The Karirí languages, generally considered dialects of a single language, are extinct languages spoken until the middle of the 20th century; the 4,000 ethnic Karirí are now monolingual Portuguese speakers, though a few know common phrases and names of medicinal plants.The four known Kariri...

. The name Kiriri is shared by Dzubukuá, another Kariri language, and by Katembri

Katembri language

Katembri was a divergent language of northeastern Brazil that appears to be distantly related to Taruma.-References:...

. The name Kiriri-Xoko is shared with yet another variety of Xokó.