Krenak language

Krenak
Botocudo
Borum
Native toBrazil
RegionMinas Gerais
Ethnicity150 Botocudo (2006)
Native speakers
10 (2006)
Dialects
  • Nakrehé
  • Uti Krag (Nakpie)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqq
Glottologkren1239
ELPKrenak

The Krenak language, also Borum or Botocudo, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.