Aroaqui language explained

Aroaqui language should not be confused with Aroã language.

Aroaqui
Nativename:Aroaki
Extinct:?
Familycolor:American
Fam2:Northern
Fam3:Pidjanan ?
Iso3:none
Glotto:aroa1234
Glottorefname:Aroaqui

Aroaqui (Aroaki) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken in the lower Rio Negro region, probably on the banks of the Cuieiras River.[1] [2] Some Aroaqui groups were also located around the mouth of the Amazon River near Macapá.[1]

A word list of Aroaqui was collected by Johann Natterer (1832) in Airão.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ramirez, Henri . Henri Ramirez . 2020 . Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados . 3 . 1 . Curitiba . Editora CRV . 978-65-251-0234-4 . 10.24824/978652510234.4 .
  2. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.