Môa Nawa language
| Nawa | |
|---|---|
| Nawa of Môa River | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Môa River |
Native speakers | moribund (2013)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | nawa1239 |
Môa Nawa is an obsolescent indigenous language spoken in the Brazilian Amazon Basin.[2] It is a Panoan language, and seems to be close to Poyanawa, but classification is difficult due to a near lack of data – it might not be a distinct language at all.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b W. Fleck, David (October 10, 2013). Panoan Languages and Linguistics. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. p. 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 19 August 2025). hdl:2246/6448. ISBN 978-0-9852016-23.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link) - ^ Aguiar, Maria S. de (2007), "The Brazilian Panoan Languages", Language Endangerment and Endangered Languages: Linguistic and Anhropological Studies with Special Emphasis on the Languages and Cultures of the Andean-Amazonian Border Area, Lenguas Indígenas de América Latina (ILLA), vol. 5, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Universiteit Leiden, pp. 39–50, retrieved 2025-09-25