Aruáshi language

Aruáshi
Aruáshi
Aruá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondônia, Mato Grosso
Native speakers	12 (2012)
Language family	Tupian Monde Aruáshi; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	arx
Glottolog	arua1261
ELP	Aruá
	Aruáshi is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Aruáshi, or Aruá, is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, in the Amazon region of Brazil. There were 131 Aruá in 2012 and about 20 people who speak Aruá as a maternal language.

Linguistic features

Consonants: Aruáshi exhibits a typical Tupian consonant inventory, including stops (/p/, /t/, /k/), nasals (/m/, /n/), and glides (/w/, /j/)

Vowels: A five-vowel system (/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/) with nasalization contrasts.
Morphology: Agglutinative structure with extensive verb serialization. Example: kõjã-pit ("to walk-while-talking").
Syntax: Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order, common in Tupian languages.^[2]

References

^ Aruáshi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Fabre, Alain (2005). "Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. TUPI" (PDF). University of Helsinki, Ling.fi. Retrieved 2025-06-02.

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[e25-1] Aruáshi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Fabre, Alain (2005). "Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. TUPI" (PDF). University of Helsinki, Ling.fi. Retrieved 2025-06-02.

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