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(Redirected from Guaja language) Tupi–Guarani language spoken in Brazil
Guajá
Awá
Native toBrazil
RegionMaranhão
EthnicityAwá-Guajá
Native speakers335 (2023)
Language familyTupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3gvj
Glottologguaj1256
ELPGuajá

Guajá, or Awá (also Ayaya, Guaxare, Wazaizara), is a geographically isolated Tupi–Guarani language spoken in Brazil. The extinct 'Anambé' recorded by Ehrenreich may have been a distinct language.

References

  1. Guajá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 9783110255133.
Tupian languages
Arikem
Tupari
Mondé
Puruborá
Ramarama
Yuruna
Munduruku
Maweti–Guarani
Aweti–Guarani
Tupi–Guarani
Guarani (I)
Guarayu (II)
Tupi (III)
Tenetehara (IV)
Xingu (V)
Kawahíb (VI)
Kamayurá (VII)
Northern (VIII)
Proto-languages
Italics indicate extinct languages


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