Marawan language

Last updated
Marawán
Native to Brazil
Ethnicity Palikur people
Extinct early 20th century
Arawakan
  • Northern
    • Palikuran
      • Marawán
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
plu-mar
Glottolog mara1408

Marawán is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil. [1] [2] It is known only from a wordlist published by Paul Rivet and Pierre Reinburg in 1921.

Vocabulary

Marawan vocabulary [3]
Marawangloss
kutruagouti
paaktexątree
katnexątwo trees
pladnobanana
ilapa, īrăpăto drink
pi-biu, pe-beiubanana
pu-ana, pu-anįarm
tsērnŭtĭhair
peolodog
innisky
eGod
ximēkuīto sleep
ūnĭwater

References

  1. ↑ van den Bel, Martijn (1995). "Palikur Myths from French Guiana". Yumtzilob: Tijdschrift over de America. 7 (4). Yumtzilob: 276. ISSN   0926-3624.
  2. ↑ "Glottolog 5.2 - Marawan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  3. ↑ Rivet, Paul; Reinburg, P. (1921). "Les Indiens Marawan". Journal de la société des américanistes. 13 (1): 103–118. doi:10.3406/jsa.1921.2907.
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