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Marawan language

Marawán is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil. It is known only from a wordlist published by Paul Rivet and Pierre Reinburg in 1921.

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Marawán
Native toBrazil
EthnicityPalikur people
Extinctearly 20th century
Arawakan
  • Northern
    • Palikuran
      • Marawán
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmara1408

Marawán is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil.12 It is known only from a wordlist published by Paul Rivet and Pierre Reinburg in 1921.

Vocabulary

Marawan vocabulary3
Marawan gloss
kutru agouti
paaktexą tree
katnexą two trees
pladno banana
ilapa, īrăpă to drink
pi-biu, pe-beiu banana
pu-ana, pu-anį arm
tsērnŭtĭ hair
peolo dog
inni sky
e God
ximēkuī to sleep
ūnĭ water
References

References

  1. van den Bel, Martijn (1995). "Palikur Myths from French Guiana". Yumtzilob: Tijdschrift over de America. 7 (4). Yumtzilob: 276. ISSN 0926-3624.
  2. "Glottolog 5.2 - Marawan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  3. Rivet, Paul; Reinburg, P. (1921). "Les Indiens Marawan". Journal de la société des américanistes. 13 (1): 103–118. doi:10.3406/jsa.1921.2907.