| Aruá | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Amazonas State |
| Ethnicity | Arawá |
| Extinct | 1877 |
Arawan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aru |
| Glottolog | arua1263 |
Arawá or Aruá1 is an extinct language of Brazil. Its last speaker died in 1877, before any significant documentation of the language could be completed. The only surviving documentation of the language is an 1869 word list.23
The language did, however, give its name to the language family that it was a part of, which is now called the Arawan languages. This family covers the extant languages Kulina, Deni, Jamamadi, Paumari, and Suruwahá, all found in Western Brazil and Peru.4
References
References
- "aru | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (October 2006). "Annotated Bibliography of the Arawá Language Family to 1950". International Journal of American Linguistics. 72 (4): 522–534. doi:10.1086/513059. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- Chandless, W. (1869). "Notes of a Journey up the River Juruá". The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 39: 296–311. doi:10.2307/1798554. ISSN 0266-6235.
- Cruz Maciel de Carvalho, Mateus (20 December 2016). "Imperatives in Arawá languages". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas. 16 (2): 307–322. doi:10.20396/liames.v16i2.8646353. ISSN 2177-7160. Retrieved 4 June 2025.