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Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil Not to be confused with Yanam language.

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Shiriana
Chiriana, Xiriâna
Bahwana
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Shiriana people
Extinct	2000s
Language family	Arawakan Northern Upper Amazonian Manao? Shiriana
Dialects	Waharibo Carimé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xir`
Glottolog	`xiri1243`

Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.

Dialects

Dialects listed by Mason (1950):

Waharibo (Guaharibo)
- Shirianá
  - Waicá (Guaica, Vaica)
Carimé (Karimé)

References

Shiriana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.

Languages of Brazil

Official language

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Asháninka Atorada Baniwa Barawana Baré Enawenê-Nawê Mapidian Mehinaku Palikúr Paresi Tariana Terêna Wapishana Warekena Waurá
Arawan	Deni Jamamadí Kulina Paumarí Zuruahá
Cariban	Amonap Apalaí Bakairi Carib Hixkaryana Ikpeng Macushi Pará Arára Salumá Sikiana Ye'kuana Waiwai
Panoan	Amawaka Kashinawa Shipibo Yaminawa
Macro-Jê	Akwẽ-Xerénte Apinajé Arikapú Bororo Chiquitano Djeoromitxí Kaingang Karajá Kĩsêdjê Krenak Laklãnõ (Xokléng) Maxakalí Mẽbêngôkre Ofayé Panará Rikbaktsa Tapayúna Timbira Xavante
Nadahup	Dâw Hup Kakwa Nadëb
Tupian	Akwáwa Gavião of Jiparaná Juruna Kagwahiva Kaiwá Munduruku Nheengatu Omagua Tapirapé Tenetehara Xeta Xipaya Zo'é
Chapacuran	Oro Win Wariʼ
Tukanoan	Cubeo Tukano Tuyuca Wanano
Nambikwaran	Mamaindê Nambikwara Sabanê
Others	Aikanã Arutani Guató Irantxe Kadiwéu Kanamarí Katawixi Kwaza Ninam Pirahã Ticuna Xukuru

Interlanguages

Sign languages

Non-official

Arawakan (Maipurean) languages

Northern

Caribbean

Palikuran

Pidjanan

Upper Amazon

Western Nawiki	Achawa Amarizana Anauyá Cabiyari (?) Cabre (?) Guarú Kawishana Mainatari Mandawaca Mepuri Pasé Piapoco Resígaro (?) Warekena Waraikú (?) Wainumá–Mariaté Wiriná (?) Yabaâna (?) Yucuna Yumana
Eastern Nawiki	Baniwa Kurripako Tariana
Central Upper Amazon	Avane Baré Baniwa of Guainia Guinao Maipure Marawá Yavitero
Manao	Kariaí Manao Shiriana (?)

Southern

Western	Chamicuro Morique Yanesha'
Central Maipurean	Agavotaguerra (?) Custenau Enawenê-Nawê Paresí Saraveca Waura–Mehináku Yawalapití
Piro	Apurinã Iñapari Cararí Mashco Piro Piro Kanamaré
Bolivia–Parana	Baure Lapachu Moxos Pauna Terêna–Chané
Campa	Asháninka Ashéninga Axininca Caquinte Matsiguenga Nomatsiguenga Pucapucari

Macro-Arawakan

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