Wiriná language explained

Wiriná
States:Brazil
Region:Rio Negro
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Arawakan
Fam2:Northern
Fam3:Upper Amazonian
Fam4:(unclassified)
Iso3:none
Glotto:uiri1238
Glottorefname:Uirina
Era:attested 1831 and 1867
Also Known As:Uirina

Wiriná (Uirina) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. It is known only from the wordlists of Johann Natterer and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, recorded in the 19th century. Both Kaufman (1994) and Aikhenvald (1999) leave it unclassified within Northern Arawakan.

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