The Trans–São Francisco languagesNikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília. (Portuguese: Transanfranciscano) are a proposed grouping of languages within Macro-Jê. They consist of the Krenák, Maxakalían, and possibly also the Kamakã families. The Trans–São Francisco group was originally proposed and demonstrated by Nikulin and Silva (2020) under the name of Maxakalí-Krenák.

They are named after the São Francisco River of Northeast Brazil.

Classification Internal classification of Trans–São Francisco by Nikulin (2020):

Trans–São Francisco Krenák (Borum) Maxakalían Malalí Nuclear Maxakalían Maxakalí Ritual Maxakalí; Makoní Pataxó; Pataxó-Hãhãhãe Koropó ? Kamakã (possibly part of Trans–São Francisco) Masakará Southern Kamakã Menien Kamakã; Kotoxó/Mongoyó

Proto-language

Proto-Trans–São Francisco has been reconstructed by Nikulin (2020), while there is also a Proto-Kamakã reconstruction by Martins (2007).Martins, Andérbio Márcio Silva. 2007. Revisão da Família Lingüística Kamakã Proposta por Chestmir Loukotka. MA thesis, University of Brasília.

See also Macro-Jê languages

Further reading Nikulin, Andrey and Mário André Coelho da Silva. As línguas Maxakalí e Krenák dentro do tronco Macro-Jê. Cadernos de Etnolingüística (ISSN 1946-7095), (8)1:1-64.

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