Kawishana language

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Cawishana
Kaixana
Native to Brazil
Native speakers
1 (2012) [1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
qsw Kawishana
  08c Kaixana
Glottolog kais1242
ELP Kaixana

Kawishana (Cawishana, Kayuwishana) [2] is a nearly extinct Arawakan language of Brazil. A few speakers were reported in the 1950s, and today, as of 2012, only one person can speak it. It has an active–stative syntax.

Classification

Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it as a Middle Rio Negro, North Amazonian language, along with Bahuana and Manao.

Kaufman (1994) had placed it in a branch of Western Nawiki Upper Amazonian along with two long-extinct languages, Jumana (Yumana) and Pasé, which Aikhenvald leaves unclassified.

Ruhlen (1987) classified it as a Rio Negro language, along with Yumana, Pasé and Manao. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking" , The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN   978-3-11-025513-3 , retrieved 2025-02-01
  2. ↑ Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. Oxford University Press. p. 180. ISBN   0-19-509427-1.
  3. ↑ Ruhlen, Merritt (1987). A Guide to the World's Languages. Edward Arnold. p. 374. ISBN   0-7131-6503-0.


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