Kawishana language
| Cawishana | |
|---|---|
| Kaixana | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Extinct | mid 20th century |
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Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
Linguist list |
qsw |
| Glottolog |
kais1242[1] |
Cawishana (Kawishana, Kaishana) is an Arawakan language, presumably extinct, of Brazil. A few speakers were reported in the 1950s.
Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it as a Middle Rio Negro, North Amazonian language, along with Shiriana and Manao. Kaufman (1994) had placed it in a branch of Western Nawiki Upper Amazonian along with two long-extinct languages, Jumana (Yumana) and Pasé, which Aikhenvald leaves unclassified. It had an active–stative syntax.
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaishana". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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