Pauxiána language

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Pauxiána
Pawishiana
Native to	Brazil
Region	Roraima
Extinct	after 1944?
Language family	Cariban Venezuelan Mapoyo–Tamanaku Paravilhana–Pauixiána Pauxiána
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	paux1236
Linguasphere	80-AFB-ba

Pauixiana (Pawishiana) is a possibly extinct Cariban language formerly spoken on the Catrimani River in the Brazilian state of Roraima, closely related to Paravilhana.

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary is taken from a 1932 article on the Ỹaroamë people with an accompanying wordlist for Pauxiána.

References

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