The four known Kariri languages (or dialects) are: •
Kipeá (Quipea, Kiriri) •
Kamurú (Camuru, Pedra Branca) •
Dzubukuá (Dzubucua, Kariri) •
Sabujá (Sapoyá) There are
a short grammatical description and
a catechism in Kipeá, a catechism in Dzubukuá, and word lists for Kamurú and Sabujá. Modern grammatical descriptions are available for Kipeá and Dzubukuá.
Mason (1950) lists: •
Kariri • Cariri •
Kipea •
Camurú •
Dzubucua •
Pedra Branca •
Sapuya Loukotka (1968) Below is a full list of Kiriri languages and dialects listed by
Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. •
Kiriri /
Quipea /
Quiriri - originally spoken in the
Serra dos Velhos, Paraíba state, later at the old missions of
Missão Velha,
Missão Nova,
Milagres,
Crato, and others, in the states of Paraíba, Pernambuco and Ceará. Now entirely extinct, and the survivors speak only Portuguese. •
Kariri /
Dzubucua /
Cariri - extinct language once spoken on the islands of the
São Francisco River near
Cabrobó, Pernambuco. Now extinct, and the last survivors spoke only Portuguese. •
Sapuyá /
Sabuya - extinct language originally spoken in the Serra
Chapada, later in
Caranguejo, Bahia •
Kamurú - originally spoken on the
Pardo River and in
Pedra Branca; the last survivors on the
Gongogi River spoke only Portuguese. ;Unattested varieties •
Iñamum - once spoken on the Inhamum Island of the
São Francisco River, Pernambuco. (Unattested) •
Quesque - once spoken on the
Pajeú River, state of Pernambuco. (Unattested) •
Abacatiara - once spoken on an island in the
São Francisco River, Pernambuco. (Unattested) •
Icozinho - once spoken around the confluence of the
Salgado River and
Jaguaribe River, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Icó - once spoken between the
Salgado River,
Piranhas River and
Peixe River, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Calabaça - the Portuguese name of an extinct language of the
Salgado River, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Cariú - once spoken between the
Cariús River and
Bastiões River, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Corema - formerly spoken on the
Piancó River, state of Paraíba. (Unattested) •
Jucá - once spoken south of the sources of the
Jaguaribe River and near
Arneiroz, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Ichú /
Ansus - once spoken on the sources of the
Salgado River in the state of Ceará. (Unattested) •
Ariú /
Peba - extinct language formerly spoken on the
Piranhas River and
Sabugi River in the state of Paraíba. (Unattested) •
Bultrin - extinct language of the
Serra da Borborema of the state of Paraíba. (Unattested) •
Quixexeu - once spoken on the
Jaguaribe River, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Quixelu - once spoken on the
Jaguaribe River, Ceará. (Unattested) •
Aracapa - extinct language once spoken on
Aracapa Island in the
São Francisco River, Pernambuco. (Unattested) The original language of the , now extinct, is effectively unattested and unclassified, but words for Tumbalalá ritual objects used in their traditional
toré religion appear to be of Kariri origin, namely
pujá,
kwaqui, and
cataioba. ==Other languages called
Kariri==