Mepuri language
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Mepuri | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Amazonas |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | mepu1234 |
Mepuri is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken around the confluence of the Rio Negro and Japurá River, mainly on the Marié River and Curicuriari River.[1][2] A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1831.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Ramirez, Henri (2020). Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. 2 (1 ed.). Curitiba: Editora CRV. doi:10.24824/978655578892.1. ISBN 978-65-5578-892-1.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
Categories:
- Arawakan languages
- Languages of Brazil
- Arawakan language stubs