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Wiriná language

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Wiriná
Uirina
Native toBrazil
RegionRio Negro
Eraattested 1831 and 1867
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologuiri1238

Wiriná (Uirina) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. It is known only from the wordlists of Johann Natterer and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, recorded in the 19th century. Both Kaufman (1994) and Aikhenvald (1999) leave it unclassified within Northern Arawakan.

See also

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  • Waraikú, another extinct language recorded by von Martius in 1867

References

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