Zuruahá (also called Suruaha, Suruwaha, Zuruaha, Índios do Coxodoá
Zuruahã
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Arawan (also Arahuan, Arauan, Arawán, Arawa, Arauán) is a family of languages spoken in western Brazil ( Amazonas, Acre) and Peru (Ucayali).
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Chapakura-Wañam, ...
spoken in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
by about 130 people.
Zuruahá is mentioned in Kaufman (1994) from personal communication from Dan Everett
Daniel Leonard Everett (born 26 July 1951) is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin's Pirahã people and their language.
Everett is currently Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Bentley University ...
. He made first contact with the community (a 3-day hike from Dení territory in Amazonas state) in 1980. The language had not been studied as of 1994, but seems most similar to Deni.
References
External links
"Suruahá" in the South American Phonological Inventory Database"Hakani," information about a popular hoax film about the Zuruahã
Survival International
Arawan languages
Languages of Brazil
Endangered Arawan languages
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