Wakoná language

Wakoná
Aconã
(unattested)
Native toBrazil
RegionAlagoas
Ethnicity500-1,000 Aconã (1995)
Extinctmid-1970s
unclassifiable
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tgv  Tingui-Botó
waf  Wakoná (Aconã)
Glottologwako1235

Wakoná (Aconã) is an extinct and unattested, presumed language of eastern Brazil, formerly spoken by the Tingui-Botó, also called the Aconã. The dispersed ethnic population numbered an estimated 500 to 1,000 in 1995. The population now uses Portuguese and Dzubukuá, also called Kariri-Xocó.