Mebengokre

Facts

  • Language: Mebengokre
  • Alternate names: Kayapó, Cayapo, Kokraimoro, Cayapó, Gorotire, Southern Cayapo, Mebêngokrê, Xikrin, Put Karot
  • Language code: txu
  • Language family: Jean, Northern (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 7,266
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Village names sometimes listed as dialects are: Txukuhamai (Txucarramãe), Gorotire, Kube-Kran-Kenh (Cabeca Pelada), Kokraimoro, Menkragnotire (Mentuktire, Kuben-Kragnotire, Gente Preta, Kubenkrangnoti, Kubenkrankegn, Menkrangnoti), Pacajá, and others. Traditional religion, Christian.

    Known also as Kayapó or Xikrin.