Macro-Ge languages

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The Macro-Ge languages are a group of approximately 10 South American Indian languages found in inland eastern Brazil and extending to the Uruguayan border. Most linguists consider the Ge languages to be part of a larger grouping called Macro-Ge, which also includes several smaller, mostly extinct language groups that were located closer to the Atlantic coast. Macro-Ge is considered one of the major South American language families.12

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South American Indian languages
Macro-Ge
Macro-Ge is geographically the most compactly distributed of the big South American language families. Ge proper extends uninterruptedly through inland eastern Brazil almost as far as the Uruguayan border. There are about 10 Ge languages with a total of 2,000 speakers. Most of the…
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Macro-Ge is geographically the most compactly distributed of the big South American language families. Ge proper extends uninterruptedly through inland eastern Brazil almost as far as the Uruguayan border. There are about 10 Ge languages with a total of 2,000 speakers. Most of the…
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Ge languages
…are now extinct) in a Macro-Ge grouping.
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…are now extinct) in a Macro-Ge grouping.
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