Aurá language explained

Aurá
Nativename:Aurê
States:Brazil
Region:Maranhão
Extinct:by 2009
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Tupian
Fam2:Tupi–Guaraní
Fam3:Xingu
Iso3:aux
Glotto:aura1243
Glottorefname:Aurê y Aurá

Aurá is a possibly extinct language, presumably part of the Tupi language family,[1] [2] last spoken by two individuals in Maranhão, Brazil named Aurê and Aurá.[3] Both known speakers originally came from Pará. The language primarily used nouns, with few adjectives or verbs. Aurê has since died, leaving Aurá as the only one in the world speaking the language. Any other information about this tribe is feared to be lost to history.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aura Language and the Aurá Indian Tribe (Aure, Auras, Auré) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816114820/http://www.native-languages.org/aura.htm . 16 August 2022 . 2022-08-16.
  2. Web site: Glottolog 4.6 - Aurê y Aurá. 2022-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816115618/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/aura1243 . 16 August 2022 . dead.
  3. Web site: Sozinhos desde a infância, Aure e Aurá só conversam entre eles. 2022-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816115722/http://www.letras.ufmg.br/lali/PDF/BANDEIRA,Luiza_aureaura.pdf . 16 August 2022 . dead.