Môa Nawa language

Extinct language of Brazil
Nawa
(identity uncertain)
Native toBrazil
RegionMôa River
Extinct(date missing)
Language family
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Poyanawa?
        • Nawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolognawa1239

Môa Nawa is an obsolescent indigenous language spoken in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. It is a Panoan language, and seems to be close to Poyanawa, but classification is difficult due to a near lack of data – it might not be a distinct language at all (Fleck 2013).

References

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Pano-Tacanan languages
Panoan
Mayoruna Panoan
Matses
Matis
  • Amazon Mayoruna
  • Jandiatuba Mayoruna
  • Matis
Other
Mainline Panoan
(Nawa Panoan)
Bolivian
Madre de Dios
Marubo
Poyanawa
Chama
Headwaters
Other
Tacanan
Italics indicate extinct languages


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