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Shiriana language
Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2]
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Dialects
Dialects listed by Mason (1950):[3]
- Waharibo (Guaharibo)
- Shirianá
- Waicá (Guaica, Vaica)
- Shirianá
- Carimé (Karimé)
References
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