Shiriana language
Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil
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| Shiriana | |
|---|---|
| Bahwana | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Extinct | 2000s[1] |
Language family | Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xir |
| Glottolog | xiri1243 |
Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.[2]
Dialects
Dialects listed by Mason (1950):[3]
- Waharibo (Guaharibo)
- Shirianá
- Waicá (Guaica, Vaica)
- Shirianá
- Carimé (Karimé)
References
- ^ Shiriana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
- ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
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