Kapoxó (Capoxo, Kaposho) is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil. Kumanaxó and Panhame are closely related varieties.Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
Documentation Kapoxó is documented in a word list collected in 1818,Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. which was published in Martius, 1863: 170-172.Martius, Karl Friedrich Philip von. 1863. Glossaria linguarum Brasiliensium: glossarios de diversas lingoas e dialectos, que fallao os Indios no imperio do Brazil. Erlangen: Druck von Jange.
Geographical distribution Kapoxó was historically spoken on the Araçuaí River in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Classification Aside from being a member of the Nuclear Maxakalí subgroup, characterized by certain shared innovations, it is very similar to such varieties as Makoní, Kapoxó, Panhame, and is also related to Ritual Maxakalí, which is more archaic than modern Maxakalí.
Vocabulary +Selected vocabulary from Kapoxó, Kumanaxó, and PanhameGlossKumanaxóto hidesoulwaterbeardmixednjonainstaraschimheadpatanjonteethschuojhandagnibktänlightningithóg tänjanamfirekeschamsunapucojearthaamtreeabaay
References
Further reading Métraux, Alfred and Curt Nimuendajú. 1946. The Mashacalí, Patashó, and Malalí Linguistic Families. In Julian H. Steward (ed.), The Marginal Tribes, 541-545. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.