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Mayoruna language (Jandiatuba)

Extinct Panoan language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jandiatuba Mayoruna is an extinct indigenous language of the Brazilian Amazon basin, near the borders of Peru and Colombia. The language is cited as Mayoruna of the Jandiatuba River in David Fleck's classification of the Panoan languages. Its closest extant relative is the Matis language.[1] The only known linguistic data on Jandiatuba Mayoruna is a 503-word lexicon from 1957.[2][3]

NativetoBrazil
EthnicityMayoruna
Extinctafter 1957
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Mayoruna
Jandiatuba Mayoruna
Native toBrazil
RegionJandiatuba River
EthnicityMayoruna
Extinctafter 1957
Panoan
  • Mayoruna
    • Mayo
      • Matis group
        • Mayoruna
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ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmayo1270
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