Central Jê languages

Akuwẽ
Central Jê
Geographic
distribution
Brazil: Tocantins, Mato Grosso, formerly also Minas Gerais, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Bahia; formerly also Argentina
Linguistic classificationMacro-Jê
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologjece1235

The Akuwẽ:12–4 or Central Jê:547 languages are a branch of the Jê languages constituted by two extant languages (Xavánte and Akwẽ-Xerénte) and two extinct or dormant, scarcely attested languages (Xakriabá and Acroá). Together with the Goyaz Jê languages, they form the Cerrado branch of the family.