Waurá language
Waurá (Wauja) is an Arawakan language spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil by the Waujá people.[3] It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.[1]
| Waurá | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso |
| Ethnicity | Wauja |
Native speakers | 320 (2006)[1] |
Arawakan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wau |
qdv Waura–Mehináku | |
| Glottolog | waur1244 |
| ELP | Waurá[2] |
References
- Waurá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Waurá.
- Seki, Lucy. 2011. Alto Xingu: uma área linguística? In: Franchetto, Bruna (ed.), Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue, p. 57-85. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio/FUNAI. (in Portuguese)
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