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Timbira

Timbira proper noun: a dialect continuum of the Northern Jê language group of the Jê languages ̣spoken in Brazil.

Proper noun

Timbira

  1. A dialect continuum of the Northern Jê language group of the Jê languages ̣spoken in Brazil.

Noun

Timbira (plural Timbiras or Timbira)

  1. Any of various related ethnolinguistic groups of Timbira-speaking Gê peoples native to northern and northeastern Brazil.

Forms of Timbira

pluralTimbiras
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Questions about Timbira

What does Timbira mean?
Timbira means a dialect continuum of the Northern Jê language group of the Jê languages ̣spoken in Brazil.
What part of speech is Timbira?
Timbira can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Timbira in the dictionary

  1. timberwrights
  2. timbery
  3. timberyard
  4. timberyards
  5. Timbillica
  6. Timbira
  7. Timbiras
  8. timbiri
  9. timbiris
  10. Timbisha
  11. Timbishas

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