Waurá language

Waurá (Wauja) is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil by the Waujá people. It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.[1]

Waurá
Native toBrazil
RegionMato Grosso
EthnicityWauja
Native speakers
320 (2006)[1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3wau
qdv Waura–Mehináku
Glottologwaur1244[2]

References

  1. Waurá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Waurá". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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