Guariba Arára (''Arara do Rio Guariba'', or ''Arara of Guariba River'') is a poorly attested

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of the

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branch. It is spoken on the Guariba River in the northern part of Aripuanã Indigenous Park of

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and

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, Brazil. According to Moore (2005), Arara do Rio Guariba is closely related to the Cinta Larga dialect cluster, and also shares some features with Suruí.Moore, Denny. 2005
Classificação interna da família lingüística Mondé
''Estudos Lingüísticos'' 34: 515-520.
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26 words were collected by Hargreaves in 2001.Hargreaves, Inês. 2007.
Lista de palavras transcritas por Inês Hargreaves, de dois grupos ao norte do Parque Aripuanã, RO
'. Unpublished manuscript. It remains unclassified due to the lack of data.

Vocabulary

Below are the Arara do Rio Guariba words that Inês Hargreaves had elicited from D. Nazaré Medina Arara on June 12, 2001: :

References

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