Arawá language

Not to be confused with Aruáshi language or Aruã language.

Arawá (a.k.a. Aruá^[1]) was a language of Brazil. Its last speaker died in 1877, before any significant documentation of the language could be completed. The only surviving documentation of the language is an 1869 word list.^[2]

Aruá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas State
Ethnicity	Arawá
Extinct	1877
Language family	Arawan Aruá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aru
Linguist List	aru
Glottolog	arua1263

The language did, however, give its name to the language family that it was a part of, which is now called the Arawan languages. This family covers the extant languages Kulina, Deni, Jamamadi, Paumari, and Suruwahá, all found in Western Brazil and Peru.^[3]