| Aruá | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Amazonas State |
| Ethnicity | Arawá |
| Extinct | 1877 |
| Language family | Arawan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aru |
| Linguist List | aru |
| Glottolog | arua1263 |
Arawá (a.k.a. Aruá) is an extinct language of Brazil. The people were wiped out by introduced measles, and the last speaker died in 1877. All that survives is a word list from 1869.
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