Purian languages are a pair of extinct languages of eastern Brazil: Coropó (Koropó), once spoken in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, was added by Campbell (1997), but removed again by Ramirez et al. (2015). Purian is part of the Macro-Jê proposal. However, when Coropó is removed, there are not sufficient lexical connections to maintain this classification.

Attestation

The Purian languages are only attested by a few word lists from the 19th century. The lists are: Puri: Coroado: Koropó is attested by two word lists:

Distribution

The Purian languages were spoken in a continuous region stretching from the Preto River to the Paraíba River (from Queluz, São Paulo to Paraibuna, São Paulo). The Puri occupied the Upper Paraíba do Sul River up to Queluz, São Paulo, and the Coroado from the Pomba River to the Doce River in Minas Gerais.

Dialects

Mason (1950) lists the following dialects of Coroado and Puri:

Other languages

Extinct and unknown languages that may have been Purian languages:

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items. ! gloss !! Puri !! Coroado !! Koropó ! one ! two ! three ! tongue ! foot ! fire ! tree ! jaguar ! house ! white

Proto-language

Silva Neto (2007) reconstructs 47 Proto-Purian forms. Reconstituted forms by Silva Neto (2007) for Puri, Coroado, and Koropó synthesized from historical sources are also provided. ! no. !! English gloss (translated) !! Portuguese gloss (original) !! Proto-Purian !! Puri !! Coroado !! Koropó However, similarities in Koropó were later found to be loanwords by Ramirez et al. (2015), who classifies Koropó as Maxakalían. Nikulin (2020) also classifies Koropó as Macro-Jê (Maxakalían branch).