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Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil
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Parawana
Aroaqui?
Native toBrazil
RegionLower Branco River
Extinct(date missing)
Language familyArawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologpara1324

Parawana is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken on the Wanawaua River (now known as the Anauá River), a tributary of the lower Rio Branco. A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832.

Parawana and Aroaqui are closely related, and may be the same language.

References

  1. ^ Ramirez, Henri (2020). Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Curitiba: Editora CRV. doi:10.24824/978652510234.4. ISBN 978-65-251-0234-4.
  2. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
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