Bahuana language
| Bahuana | |
|---|---|
| Ciriana, Barawana | |
| Bahwana | |
| Pronunciation | [baɸu(w)ana]; [baɻuwana] |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Shiriana people, Bahuana people |
| Extinct | c. 2000, with the death of Claudina de Souza Soares |
Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xir |
| Glottolog | xiri1243 |
| Linguasphere | 82-AFE-ca |
Bahuana (Bahwana, Barawana), or Ciriana (Shiriana, Xiriâna, Chiriana), is an Arawakan language most closely related to Manao and Kariaí, once spoken by the Shiriana people and Bahuana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax. The last speaker, Claudina de Souza Soares, died around 2000.