Pauxiána language

Pauxiána
Pauxiána
Pawishiana
Native to	Brazil
Region	Roraima
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Cariban Venezuelan Mapoyo–Tamanaku Paravilhana –Pauixiána Pauxiána; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qk1
Glottolog	paux1236

Last updated January 24, 2026

Pauixiana (Pawishiana) is an extinct Cariban language formerly spoken on the Catrimani River ^[1] in the Brazilian state of Roraima, closely related to Paravilhana.^[2]^[3]

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary is taken from a 1932 article on the Ỹaroamë people with an accompanying wordlist for Pauxiána.

Pauxiána vocabulary^[1]
Gloss	Pauxiána
water	tuná
fire	uató
earth	oró
sun	uai
moon	núna
star	tauā́nă
man	yungvei
people	ukomó
woman	uēli
child	urémungú

References

1 2 Salathé, Georges (1932). "Les indiens Karimé" (PDF). Revista del Instituto de Etnología de la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. 2: 297–316.
↑ The indigenous languages of South America : a comprehensive guide. Lyle Campbell, Verónica María. Grondona. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 2012. p. 444. ISBN 978-3-11-025803-5. OCLC 785782848.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
↑ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Salathé, Georges (1932). "Les indiens Karimé" (PDF). Revista del Instituto de Etnología de la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. 2: 297–316.

[2] The indigenous languages of South America : a comprehensive guide. Lyle Campbell, Verónica María. Grondona. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 2012. p. 444. ISBN 978-3-11-025803-5. OCLC 785782848.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[3] Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.

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