Linguistic varieties of Timbira include: •
Canela (subdivided into Apànjêkra and Mẽmõrtũmre (a.k.a. Ràmkôkãmẽkra)), 2,500 speakers in
Maranhão •
Krahô, 2,000 speakers in
Tocantins •
Krĩkatí, spoken in Terra Indígena Krikati,
Maranhão •
Pykobjê, 600 speakers in Terra Indígena Governador close to
Amarante,
Maranhão •
Parkatêjê, 12 speakers in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria,
Bom Jesus do Tocantins,
Pará •
Kỳikatêjê, 9 speakers in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria,
Bom Jesus do Tocantins,
Pará •
Krẽje, under 30 speakers in
Maranhão and
Pará Loukotka (1968) Loukotka (1968) divides the Timbira tribes into two groups, Timbirá (
Canela) and
Krao. The majority are included under Timbira: ;Timbira (
Canela): •
Mehin, Tajé (Timbirá) •
Kreapimkatajé (Krepúnkateye) •
Krenjé (
Krẽyé) •
Remkokamekran (Remako-Kamékrere, Merrime) •
Aponegicran (Apáñekra) •
Krenkatajé (Canella, Kenkateye) •
Sakamekran (Chacamecran, Mateiros) •
Purekamekran, Makamekran (Pepuxi) •
Apinagé, Karaho (Carauau) •
Menren (Gaviões, Augutjé – only a few words known) •
Meitajé ;Krao: •
Krahó, Krikati (
Kỳikatêjê) •
Piokobjé (Bucobu, Pukobje, Paicogê) •
Kapiekran Under the Timbira group, Loukotka included several purported languages for which nothing is recorded:
Kukoekamekran, Karákatajé, Kenpokatajé, Kanakatayé, Norokwajé (Ñurukwayé). The
Poncatagê (Põkateye) are likewise unidentifiable.
Ramirez et al. (2015) Ramirez et al. (2015) considers Timbira-Kayapó to be a
dialect continuum, as follows: :Canela-Krahô ↔ Gavião-Krĩkati ↔ Apinajé ↔ Kayapó ↔ Suyá-Tapayuna ↔ Panará-Kayapó do Sul Apart from Kapiekran, all Krao varieties are recognized by the ISO. Another common convention for division, though geographic rather than linguistic, is
Western Timbira (Apinayé alone) vs
Eastern Timbira (Canela, Krikatí, Krahô, Gavião, and others).
Gurupy is a river, sometimes used to refer to the
Krenye.
Nikulin (2020) ==References==