Bahuana language
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Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil
Not to be confused with Yanam language.
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| Bahuana | |
|---|---|
| Shiriana, Chiriana, Xiriâna | |
| Bahwana | |
| Pronunciation | [baɸuana][1] |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Shiriana people |
| Extinct | 2000s[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xir |
| Glottolog | xiri1243 |
Bahuana (Bahwana), or Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), is an Arawakan language most closely related to Manao and Kariaí,[4] once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.[5]
Phonology
[edit ]| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ ⟨'⟩ |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | ts | s | ɕ ⟨x⟩ | h | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ ⟨ñ⟩ | |||
| Liquid | w | r | j ⟨y⟩ | ʀ | ||
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | ||
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Low | e | a | |
Vocabulary
[edit ]| Bahuana | gloss |
|---|---|
| hɨRa(tsɨ) | blood |
| nikɨsaɨ | heart |
| saɨ | penis |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c Ramirez, Henri (1992). "Le Bahuana: une nouvelle langue de la famille arawak" (PDF). Amerindia. 17 supplement 1. ISSN 0221-8852.
- ^ Bahuana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Xiriâna". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025年11月07日.
- ^ Ramirez, Henri; França, Maria Cristina Victorino de (2019年09月23日). "Línguas Arawak da Bolívia". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas. 19: e019012. doi:10.20396/liames.v19i0.8655045 . ISSN 2177-7160.
- ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
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