Kỳikatêjê dialect

Kỳikatêjê
Kỳikatêjê
Native to	Brazil
Region	Pará
Ethnicity	Kỳikatêjê
Native speakers	9 (?) (2015)
Language family	Macro-Jê Jê Cerrado Jê of Goyaz Northern Jê Timbira Pará Gavião Kỳikatêjê; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Kỳikatêjê or Kyikatêjê^: 10 is a dialect of Pará Gavião, a Jê language of Brazil. It spoken by the Kỳikatêjê people in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria (Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará). Almost all speakers are over 40 years old; the younger generations have shifted to Portuguese. Kỳikatêjê is closely related to the Parkatêjê dialect, spoken by another Timbira group in the same reservation.

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