Trans-Araguaia languages

Trans-Araguaia
Trans-Araguaia
Geographic; distribution	Pará, Mato Grosso
Linguistic classification	Macro-Jê Jê Cerrado Jê of Goyaz Northern Jê Trans-Tocantins Trans-Araguaia; ; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Mẽbêngôkre; Tapajós (Kĩsêdjê, Tapayúna);
Glottolog	None

The Trans-Araguaia languages are a proposed subgroup of the Northern Jê languages, which comprises three languages spoken to the west of the Araguaia River: Mẽbêngôkre, Kĩsêdjê, and Tapayúna.^: 7 It is subdivided in a binary manner into Mẽbêngôkre and the Tapajós subbranch, which comprises Kĩsêdjê and Tapayúna. Together with Apinajé, the Trans-Araguaia languages make up the Trans-Tocantins branch of Northern Jê.

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