Môa Nawa language

Nawa
(identity uncertain)
Native to	Brazil
Region	Môa River
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Panoan Mainline Panoan Nawa Poyanawa? Nawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`nawa1239`^[1]

Môa Nawa is an obsolescent indigenous language spoken in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. It is a Panoan language, and seems to be close to Poyanawa, but classification is difficult due to a near lack of data – it might not be a distinct language at all (Fleck 2013).

References

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

Pano-Tacanan languages

Mayoruna Panoan

Matses	Demushbo Kulino

Matis	Amazon Mayoruna Jandiatuba Mayoruna Matis

Other	Korubo Tabatinga Mayoruna

Mainline Panoan
(Nawa Panoan)

Bolivian	Chiriba Chokobo Karipuna

Madre de Dios	Arazaire Atsawaka-Yamiaka Blanco River Remo Tarauacá Kashinawa

Marubo	Marubo Olivença Kulina Katukina

Poyanawa	Iskonawa Jaquirana Remo' Môa Nawa Nukini Poyanawa

Chama	Pano Sensi Shipibo

Headwaters	Amawaka Ibuaçu Kashinawa Môa Remo Tuchinawa Yaminawa

Other	Kasharari Kashibo

Tacanan

Italics indicate extinct languages

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