Zuruahá language

Zuruahá (also called Suruaha, Suruwaha, Zuruaha, Índios do Coxodoá [2]) is an Arawan language spoken in Brazil by about 130 people.

Zuruahá
Suruahá
Native toPerú, Brazil
Ethnicity140 Zuruahã people (2006)[1]
Native speakers
140 (2006)[1]
monolingual[1]
Arawan
  • Zuruahá
Language codes
ISO 639-3swx
Glottologsuru1263
ELPZuruahã

Zuruahá is mentioned in Kaufman (1994) from personal communication from Dan Everett. He made first contact with the community (a 3-day hike from Dení territory in Amazonas state) in 1980. The language had not been studied as of 1994, but seems most similar to Deni.

References

  1. Zuruahá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Zuruahã


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