Mato Grosso Arára language

Not to be confused with Koaia language or Pará Arára language.
Arára
Native to Brazil
Region Mato Grosso
Extinct 20th century
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 axg
Glottolog mato1253[1]

Mato Grosso Arára (also disambiguated as Arara do Beiradão or Arara do Rio Branco, and also known as Koaiá ~ Koayá) is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil. The ethnic population numbers about 150.

The language is unclassified, with no known connections to established families. It is neither Tupian nor Arawakan. Four people remembered the language in 2001, and two in 2008, but none were fluent speakers.

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References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mato Grosso Arára". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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