Katembri language
Katembri was a divergent language of Bahia, northeastern Brazil that appears to be distantly related to Taruma.
It is known only from about 100 words collected in the early 1960s from João Manoel Domingos, an elderly rememberer with vague memories of the language.
Katembri was spoken at the mission of Saco dos Morcegos, now known as Mirandela, Bahia.Other languages with this name
Xukuru-Kariri is a variety of Xokó, which may be a Kariri language. The name Kiriri is shared by Dzubukuá, another Kariri language, and by Xukuru.Vocabulary
For a word list of Katembri by Bandeira, see the corresponding :pt:Línguas katembri|Portuguese article.Loukotka (1968)
lists the following basic vocabulary items for Katembri, based on a 1951 word list by Alfred Métraux.Métraux (1951)
A word list for Kariri of Mirandela from Métraux is reproduced below, with both original French glosses and translated English glosses.
