Jê languages

Jê Jê-Kaingang, Gê, Ye
Geographic distribution:	Brazil
Genetic classification:	Macro-Jê  Jê
Subdivisions:	Central Jê Northwest Jê Kaingáng
Proper Jê languages (clear yellow) and other Macro-Jê languages (dark yellow) in modern times. Shadowed area represent approximately extension in the past.

The Jê languages (Jê-Kaingang; also Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean) are spoken by the Gê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.

Family division

The language family is as follows:

• Jaikó (Northern Jê)
• Central Jê
  • Acroa
  • Xavante
  • Xerente
  • Xakriabá
• Northwest Jê
  • Apinaye
  • Kayapo
  • Kreen-Akarore
  • Suyá
  • Timbira (with the Canela and Kreye dialects)
• Kaingáng (Southern Jê)
  • Kaingáng
  • Xokleng
  • São Paulo Kaingáng
  • Ingain (†)
  • Guayana (†)

Genetic relations

The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal convincing.

External links

• Gê languages at Ethnologue

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