Waurá language
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Waurá | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso |
Ethnicity | Wauja |
Native speakers | 320 (2006)[1] |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wau |
qdv Waura–Mehináku | |
Glottolog | waur1244 |
ELP | Waurá |
Waurá (Wauja) is an Arawakan language spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil by the Waujá people.[2] It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Waurá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Seki, Lucy. 2011. Alto Xingu: uma área linguística? In: Franchetto, Bruna (ed.), Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue, p. 57-85. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio/FUNAI. (in Portuguese)
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- Languages with Linglist code
- Arawakan languages
- Languages of Xingu Indigenous Park
- Arawakan language stubs