Arawá language

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Aruá
Native to Brazil
Region Amazonas State
Extinct 1877
Language family
Arawan
  • Aruá
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aru
Linguist List aru

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.

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