Kabanaé language
| Kabanaé | |
|---|---|
| Arara | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Aripuanã River |
| Ethnicity | "Arara" |
| Era | attested 1829 |
Tupian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Kabanaé (Arara) is an extinct Tupian language of the Mondé group, formerly spoken at the mouth of the Aripuanã River by the "Arara nation".[1] It is solely documented by an 1829 wordlist by Johann Natterer. It is very similar to Matanau, which was spoken in the same region.[2]
References
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
- ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Brijnen, Hélène B. (2014). "Natterer's Linguistic Heritage". In Weltmuseum Wien Friends (ed.). Archiv 63-64. ISBN 978-3-643-99824-8.