2-592: Timbira refers to a number of related ethnolinguistic groups of Timbira -speaking Gê peoples native to Northern and Northeastern Brazil . Among those peoples grouped under the name are the Apanyekrá , Apinajé , Kanela , Gavião (Jê) , Krahô , Krinkatí , and Pukobyê . This article related to an ethnic group in Brazil is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ethnolinguistic group An ethnolinguistic group (or ethno-linguistic group )
4-489: Is a group that is unified by both a common ethnicity and language . Most ethnic groups share a first language . However, "ethnolinguistic" is often used to emphasise that language is a major basis for the ethnic group, especially in regard to its neighbours. A central concept in the linguistic study of ethnolinguistic groups is ethnolinguistic vitality, the ability of the group's language and ethnicity to sustain themselves. An ethnolinguistic group that lacks such vitality
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