The Trans-Tocantins languages are a proposed subgroup of the Northern Je languages comprising four languages spoken west of the Tocantins River in Brazil: Apinaje, Mebengokre, Kisedje and Tapayuna. The group divides into Apinaje, spoken east of the Araguaia River, and the Trans-Araguaia subbranch covering the remaining three languages, and together with the Timbira dialect continuum the Trans-Tocantins languages make up the Northern branch of the wider Je family.
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The Trans-Tocantins languages are a proposed subgroup of the Northern Jê languages, which comprises four languages spoken to the west of the Tocantins River: Apinajé, Mẽbêngôkre, Kĩsêdjê, and Tapayúna.
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