Kabanaé language

Kabanaé
Arara
Native toBrazil
RegionAripuanã River
Ethnicity"Arara"
Eraattested 1829
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

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

  1. ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  2. ^ 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.