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Aroaqui
Aroaki
Native to Brazil
RegionLower Rio Negro
Extinct(date missing)
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolog aroa1234

Aroaqui (Aroaki) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken in the lower Rio Negro region, probably on the banks of the Cuieiras River. [1] [2] Some Aroaqui groups were also located around the mouth of the Amazon River near Macapá. [1]: 14 

A word list of Aroaqui was collected by Johann Natterer (1832) in Airão. [1]

Aroaqui and Parawana are closely related, and may be the same language. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ramirez, Henri (2020). Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Curitiba: Editora CRV. doi: 10.24824/978652510234.4. ISBN  978-65-251-0234-4.[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.