Himarimã language

Himarimã
Hi-Merima
Native to Brazil
Region Tapauá River valley
Ethnicity Hi-Merimã people
Native speakers
(undated figure of 40)[1]
unattested; Arawan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hir
Glottolog hima1247[2]

Himarimã is the presumed language of the uncontacted Hi-Merimã people in Amazonas, Brazil,[1] The language is believed to be Arawán pre testimonies from the Suruwahá and Banawá.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Himarimã at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Himarima". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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