Môa Nawa language

Nawa
Nawa of Môa River
(identity uncertain)
Native toBrazil
RegionMôa River
Native speakers
moribund (2013)[1]
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Poyanawa?
        • Nawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolognawa1239

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

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  1. ^ a b W. Fleck, David (October 10, 2013). "Panoan Languages and Linguistics". Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (99): 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 19 August 2025). hdl:2246/6448.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link)
  2. ^ 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