Purukotó language

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Purukotó
Native to	Venezuela, Brazil
Region	border regions
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Cariban Pemong? Purukotó
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Linguist List	`qt0`
Glottolog	None

Purukotó (Purucotó) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Kaufman (2007) placed it in his Pemong branch.

References

Cariban languages

Venezuelan Carib

Tiverikoto–Yaio

Pemóng–Panare	Kapóng Makushi Panare Pemón
Mapoyo–Tamanaku	Kumaná Mapoyo-Yawarana Tamanaku

Guianan Carib

Taranoan	Akuriyo Karihona Tiriyo

Unclassified

Paravilyana–Sapará	Paravilyana Paravilyana Pawishiana Sapará

Italics indicate extinct languages