Arawá (a.k.a. Aruá) is an extinct language of Brazil. The people were wiped out by introduced measles, and the last speaker died in 1877. All that survives is a word list from 1869.

Aruá
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas State
Extinct1877
Arawan
  • Aruá
Language codes
ISO 639-3aru
aru
Glottologarua1263

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