Guajá language

Guajá
Awá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Maranhão
Ethnicity	Awá-Guajá
Native speakers	280 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupi–Guaraní Wayampí Guajá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gvj`
Glottolog	`guaj1256`^[2]

Guajá, or Awá (also Ayaya, Guaxare, Wazaizara), is an isolated Tupi–Guarani language spoken in Brazil.

References

↑ Guajá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Guajá". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Guarani	Aché Guarani Chiripá East Bolivian Mbyá Paraguayan West Bolivian Kaiwá Pai Tavytera Xeta

Guarayu	Guarayu Pauserna Sirionó

Tupi	Classical Tupi Southern Tupi Cocama Nheengatu Omagua Potiguára Tupiniquim

Tenetehara	Akwáwa Avá-Canoeiro Tapirapé Tenetehára Guajajara Turiwára

Kawahib	Apiacá Karipúna (Jau-Navo) Kawahíb Kayabí Uru-Pa-In

Xingu	Amanayé Anambé Ararandewara Araweté Aurá Xingú Asuriní

Northern	Emerillon Guajá Takunyapé Urubú–Kaapor Wayampi Zo'é

Other	Kamayurá

Other

Italics indicate extinct languages

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