Tutxiunaua language

Tutxiunaua
Tutxiunaua
Native to	Brazil
Region	Acre
Extinct	after 1923
Language family	Panoan Mainline Panoan Nawa Headwaters Tutxiunaua; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tux
Glottolog	tuxi1238

Tutxiunaua (Tuchiunawa, Tuxinawa) is an extinct Panoan language of Brazil. Its only documentation comes from a list of 127 words collected in 1923.

Classification

According to David Fleck (2013), it closely resembled dialects of Yaminawa.

History

In 1923, the Tutxiunawa people were nearly extinct. That year, a Tutxiunawa woman was encountered; from her, it was confirmed that Tutxiunawa was a Panoan language. A total of 127 words were collected and published in 1929.

References

1 2 3 Braulino de Carvalho, João (1929). "Breve noticia sobre os indigenas que habitam a fronteira do Brasil com o Perú" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Nacional. VII (3). Rio de Janeiro: 225–256.
1 2 3 Fleck, David W. (October 10, 2013). Panoan Languages and Linguistics. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. p. 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 19 August 2025). hdl:2246/6448. ISBN 978-0-9852016-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link)
↑ Tuxináwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 Braulino de Carvalho, João (1929). "Breve noticia sobre os indigenas que habitam a fronteira do Brasil com o Perú" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Nacional. VII (3). Rio de Janeiro: 225–256.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 Fleck, David W. (October 10, 2013). Panoan Languages and Linguistics. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. p. 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 19 August 2025). hdl:2246/6448. ISBN 978-0-9852016-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link)

[3] Tuxináwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)