Mepuri language explained
Mepuri |
Extinct: | ? |
Familycolor: | American |
Fam2: | Northern |
Iso3: | none |
Glotto: | mepu1234 |
Glottorefname: | Mepuri |
Mepuri is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken around the confluence of the Rio Negro and Japurá River, mainly on the Marié River and Curicuriari River.[1] [2] A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1831.[1]
Notes and References
- Book: Ramirez, Henri . Henri Ramirez . 2020 . Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados . 2 . 1 . Curitiba . Editora CRV . 978-65-5578-892-1 . 10.24824/978655578892.1 .
- Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.