Panará language

Panará (Panará panãra pẽẽ [panə̃ˈɾa ˈpẽj̃] ^: 131), also known as Kreen Akarore (from Mẽbêngôkre Krã jakàràre [ˈkɾʌ̃ jaˈkʌɾʌɾɛ]), is a Jê language spoken by the Panará people of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is a direct descendant of Southern Kayapó. Although classified as a Northern Jê language in earlier scholarship,^: 547 Panará differs considerably from the Northern Jê languages in its morphosyntax^: 454 and has been argued to be a sister language to Northern Jê rather than a member of that group.