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Cabixi language

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Cabixi
Cabixi-Natterer
Native toBrazil
RegionMato Grosso
Eraattested 19th century
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologcabi1242

Cabixi is an extinct and unclassified language, formerly spoken on the Steinen River in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.[1] It is known only from a list of words collected by Johann Natterer.[2] It may have been tonal.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles : University of California, Latin American Center.
  2. ^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Cabixi-Natterer". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  3. ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Brijnen, Hélène B. (2014). "Natterer's Linguistic Heritage". In Weltmuseum Wien Friends (ed.). Archiv 63-64. ISBN 978-3-643-99824-8.