Bahuana language

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Bahuana
Shiriana, Chiriana, Xiriâna
Bahwana
Pronunciation[baɸuana] [1]
Native to Brazil
Ethnicity Shiriana people
Extinct c. 2000 [2]
Arawakan
  • Central
    • Bahuanaic [3]
      • Bahuana
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xir
Glottolog xiri1243

Bahuana (Bahwana), or Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), is an Arawakan language most closely related to Manao and Kariaí, [4] once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax. [5]

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Phonology

Bahuana consonant phonemes [1]
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ ⟨'⟩
voiced b d ɟ
Fricative ɸ ts s ɕ ⟨x⟩ h
Nasal m n ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Liquid w ɺ ⟨r⟩ j ⟨y⟩ ɻ ⟨R⟩
Bahuana vowel phonemes
Front Back
unrounded rounded
High i ɨ u
Low e a

Vocabulary

Bahuana basic vocabulary [1]
Bahuanagloss
hɨɻa(tsɨ)blood
nikɨsaɨheart
saɨpenis
(saba)taɨvulva
taɨdaskin
kiwicihair
kutabetsa
ciɲumabeard
tiaexcrement
kiwidahead
naukɨsaɨeye
kirinanose
numadamouth
ninima(da)tongue

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ramirez, Henri (1992). "Le Bahuana: une nouvelle langue de la famille arawak" (PDF). Amerindia. 17 supplement 1. ISSN   0221-8852.
  2. ↑ Ramirez, Henry (2001-01-31). Linguas Arawak Da Amazonia Setentrional (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fua. ISBN   978-85-7401-084-7.
  3. ↑ "Glottolog 5.2 - Xiriâna". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
  4. ↑ Ramirez, Henri; França, Maria Cristina Victorino de (2019-09-23). "Línguas Arawak da Bolívia". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas. 19: e019012. doi: 10.20396/liames.v19i0.8655045 . ISSN   2177-7160.
  5. ↑ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.


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