Arawá language
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Aruá | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Amazonas State |
Extinct | 1877 |
Arawan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aru |
aru | |
Glottolog | arua1263 |
Arawá (a.k.a. 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.
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