Mato Grosso Arára language
| Arára | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Mato Grosso |
| Extinct | 20th century |
|
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
axg |
| Glottolog |
mato1253[1] |
Mato Grosso Arára (also disambiguated as Arara do Beiradão or Arara do Rio Branco, and also known as Koaiá ~ Koayá) is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil. The ethnic population numbers about 150.
The language is unclassified, with no known connections to established families. It is attested in a single word list, which shows it is neither Tupian nor Arawakan. Four people remembered the language in 2001, and two in 2008, but none were fluent speakers. [2]
External links
- Arara do Rio Branco word list
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mato Grosso Arára". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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