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| Shiriana | |
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| Chiriana, Xiriâna | |
| Bahwana | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Shiriana people |
| Extinct | 2000s |
Arawakan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xir |
| Glottolog | xiri1243 |
Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.
Dialects
Dialects listed by Mason (1950):
- Waharibo (Guaharibo)
- Shirianá
- Waicá (Guaica, Vaica)
- Shirianá
- Carimé (Karimé)
References
- ^ Shiriana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
- ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.