Dzubukuá language

Dzubukuá
Kariri, Kariri-Xocó
1709 catechism in Dzubukuá
Native toBrazil
RegionCabrobó, Pernambuco
EthnicityKariri-Xocó
Eraattested 1702 and 1709
Revival1989
Karirian
  • Dzubukuá
Language codes
ISO 639-3kzw
Glottologdzub1241  Dzubukuá
kari1255  Karirí-Xocó

Dzubukuá (or Kariri), referred to by the community as Kariri-Xocó, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. Since 1989, there is a process of linguistic revitalization underway; the Tingui-Botó people claim to use Dzubukuá, their ancestral language, in their secret Ouricuri ritual.

It was spoken on the São Francisco River islands, in the Cabrobó area of Pernambuco.