Parawana language

Not to be confused with Barawana language.

Parawana
Aroaqui?
Native to	Brazil
Region	Lower Branco River
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Arawakan Northern Pidjanan  ? Parawana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	para1324

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. ^{[1] [2]} A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832. ^{[1] : 18}

Parawana and Aroaqui are closely related, and may be the same language. ^[1]

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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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.