Guajá language explained

Guajá
Nativename:Awá
States:Brazil
Region:Maranhão
Ethnicity:Awá-Guajá
Speakers:335
Date:2023
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Tupian
Fam2:Tupi–Guaraní
Fam3:Wayampí
Iso3:gvj
Glotto:guaj1256
Glottorefname:Guajá

Guajá, or Awá (also Ayaya, Guaxare, Wazaizara), is a geographically isolated Tupi–Guarani language spoken in Brazil. The extinct 'Anambé' recorded by Ehrenreich may have been a distinct language.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Campbell, Lyle . Lyle Campbell

    . Lyle Campbell . Grondona . Verónica . Campbell . Lyle . 2012 . The Indigenous Languages of South America . Classification of the indigenous languages of South America . The World of Linguistics . 2 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 59-166 . 9783110255133.