Purian languages
| Purian | |
|---|---|
| Puri-Coroado | |
| Geographic distribution | East Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Puri people |
| Extinct | late 19th century |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | puri1261 |
The Purian languages are a pair of extinct languages of eastern Brazil:
- Puri
- Coroado Puri (also known as Coroado)
Coropó (Koropó), once spoken in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, was added by Campbell (1997), but removed again by Ramirez et al. (2015).
Purian was initially part of the Macro-Jê proposal. However, when Coropó is removed, there are not sufficient lexical connections to maintain this classification. Coroado and Puri are mutually intelligible with each other, and they are no longer regarded as being in the Macro-Jê family.
The Waitaká and Maromomin languages, both extinct, are possibly belonging to the Purian family, but this is not confirmable as no linguistic information was recorded.