| Guajá | |
|---|---|
| Awá | |
| Native to | Brazil | 
| Region | Maranhão | 
| Ethnicity | Awá-Guajá | 
| Native speakers | 280 (2006)[1] | 
| Tupian
 
 | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gvj | 
| Glottolog | guaj1256 | 
| ELP | Guajá | 
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.[2]
References
- ↑ Guajá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ 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.
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