Arawá language

Not to be confused with Aruáshi language or Aruán language.

Aruá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas State
Extinct	1877
Language family	Arawan Aruá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`aru`
Linguist list	`aru`
Glottolog	`arua1263`^[1]

Arawá AKA Aruá is an extinct language of Brazil. The people were wiped out by introduced measles, and the last speaker died in 1877. All that survives is a word list from 1869.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Arua (Amazonas State)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Brazil

Official language

Portuguese

Regional languages

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Atorada Barawana Mapidian Mehinaku Palikúr Paresi Terêna Wapishana Warekena Waurá

Arawan	Deni Jamamadí Kulina Paumarí Zuruahá

Cariban	Amonap Apalaí Bakairi Carib Hixkaryana Ikpeng Macushi Pará Arára Salumá Sikiana Waiwai

Panoan	Amawaka Kashinawa Shipibo Yaminawa

Macro-Jê	Apinayé Bororo Kaingang Karajá Kayapo Krenak Ofayé Panara Rikbaktsa Suyá Timbira Xavante Xerénte

Nadahup	Dâw Hup Kakwa Nadëb

Tupian	Akwáwa Jurúna Kagwahiva Kaiwá Munduruku Nheengatu Omagua Tapirapé Tenetehara Xeta Xipaya Zo'é

Others	Aikanã Arutani Cubeo Ewarhuyana Guató Irantxe Kadiwéu Kanamarí Katawixi Kwaza Mamaindê Nambikwara Ninam Oro Win Pirahã Ticuna Tuyuca Wanano Wari’ Xukuru

Interlanguages

Sign languages

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