Arawá language
Not to be confused with Aruáshi language or Aruán language.
Aruá | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Amazonas State |
Extinct | 1877 |
Arawan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aru |
Linguist list |
aru |
Glottolog |
arua1263 [1] |
Arawá AKA Aruá is an extinct language of Brazil. The people were wiped out by introduced measles, and the last speaker died in 1877. All that survives is a word list from 1869.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Arua (Amazonas State)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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