Parawana language explained

Parawana
Extinct:?
Familycolor:American
Fam2:Northern
Fam3:Pidjanan ?
Iso3:none
Glotto:para1324
Glottorefname:Parauana

Parawana is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken on the Wanawaua River (now known as the Anauá River), a tributary of the lower Rio Branco.[1] [2] A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832.[1]

Parawana and Aroaqui 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.