Wiriná language
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Wiriná | |
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Uirina | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Rio Negro |
Era | attested 1831 and 1867 |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | uiri1238 |
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
[edit]- Waraikú, another extinct language recorded by von Martius in 1867
References
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