Mandawaca language
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Extinct Arawakan language formerly spoken in Venezuela
| Mandahuaca | |
|---|---|
| Mandawaka, Mawaca | |
| Native to | Venezuela, Brazil |
| Extinct | by 1995[1] |
Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mht |
| Glottolog | mand1448 |
| ELP | Mandahuaca |
Mandahuaca (Mandawaka) is an extinct Arawakan language formerly of Venezuela and Brazil. The most recent data was published in 1975. It is one of several languages which goes by the generic name Baré.
Classification
[edit ]Kaufman (1994) classified it in a Warekena group of Western Nawiki Upper Amazonian,[2] Aikhenvald (1999) in Central (Orinoco) Upper Amazonian.[3] According to a speaker of Baré (Barawana), Mandawaca was mutually intelligible with it.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (1995). Bare. Languages of the world Materials 100. München [i.e.] Unterschleißheim: LINCOM Europa. ISBN 978-3-89586-050-8.
- ^ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.
- ^ Dixon, Robert M. W.; Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡, eds. (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3.
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