Tarairiú language

Extinct varieties

• Xoró - once spoken on the Apodi River, state of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Janduí - once spoken between the Apodi River and Açú River, Rio Grande do Norte.
• Payacu - once spoken in Rio Grande do Norte in the Serra do Coité, Serra de São Bento and Serra Calabouço between the Jaguaribe River and Apodi River.
• Panatí - once spoken in the state of Paraíba in the Serra Panatí and near Villaflor.
• Miñari - once spoken in the valley of the Apodi River, Rio Grande do Norte.
• Panahi - language of the neighbors of the Miñari tribe, Rio Grande do Norte.
• Canindé - once spoken at the sources of the Choró River, state of Ceará.
• Genipapo - Portuguese name of an extinct language on the Choró River.
• Camamu - once spoken on the Acaraú River, Ceará.
• Itañá / Baturité - once spoken in the Serra de Baturité, Ceará.
• Candodú - language of a neighboring tribe of the Jucá, Quixetó and Caratiú.
• Caratiú - once spoken at the sources of the Poti River and in the valley of the Triá River, Ceará.
• Camasú - once spoken in Ceará state at the sources of the Acaratí-guasú River
• Acriú - once spoken on the left bank of the Acaraná River, Ceará.
• Anasé - spoken in Ceará, on the right bank of the Acaraú River.

  Classification

Vocabulary

• agh 'sun'
• kén 'stone'
• ake 'tobacco'