Kabanaé language

Kabanaé
Arara
Native toBrazil
RegionAripuanã River
Ethnicity"Arara"
Eraattested 1829
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
suru1262  Suruí

Kabanaé (Arara) is an extinct Tupian language of the Mondé group, formerly spoken at the mouth of the Aripuanã River by the "Arara nation". It is solely documented by an 1829 wordlist by Johann Natterer. It is very similar to Matanau, which was spoken in the same region.

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.