Arawá language

Extinct Arawan language of Brazil
Aruá
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas State
Extinct1877
Language family
Arawan
  • Aruá
Language codes
ISO 639-3aru
Linguist List
aru
Glottologarua1263

Arawá (a.k.a. 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.

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  • Portuguese
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  • German
    • Pomeranian
  • Hunsrik
  • Italian
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Indigenous
languages
Arawakan
Arawan
Cariban
Panoan
Macro-Jê
Nadahup
Tupian
Chapacuran
Tukanoan
Nambikwaran
Others
InterlanguagesSign languagesNon-official


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