Wiriná language

Arawakan language
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Wiriná
Uirina
Native toBrazil
RegionRio Negro
Eraattested 1831 and 1867
Language family
Arawakan
  • Northern
    • Upper Amazonian
      • (unclassified)
        • Wiriná
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologuiri1238

Wiriná (Uirina) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. It is known only from the wordlists of Johann Natterer and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, recorded in the 19th century. Both Kaufman (1994) and Aikhenvald (1999) leave it unclassified within Northern Arawakan.

See also

  • Waraikú, another extinct language recorded by von Martius in 1867

References

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Arawakan (Maipurean) languages
Northern
Caribbean
  • Lokono
  • Caquetio
  • Garífuna
  • Kalinago
  • Parauhano
  • Shebaya
  • Taíno
  • Wayuu
Palikuran
Pidjanan
Upper Amazon
Western Nawiki
Eastern Nawiki
Central Upper Amazon
Manao
Southern
Western
Central Maipurean
Piro
Bolivia–Parana
Campa
Macro-Arawakan
  • Arauán
  • Candoshi-Shapra
  • Guajiboan
  • Munichi
  • Puquina


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