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Arana Indian Language (Aranã, Araña)

Arana is an extinct Macro-Je language of Brazil, related to the still-spoken Krenak language. Their name has also been spelled Aranã, Aranya, Aranãa, Araña, Arañas, or Aranha.

Arana Language Resources

Arana Language Tree:
    Theories about Krenak and Arana's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Endangered Languages Project: Arana:
    Bibliography of Arana language resources.
Wikipedia: Krenak Languages:
    Encyclopedia article with historical listings of the Krenakan languages of Brazil including Arana.

Links, References, and Additional Information

  Povo Aranã * Os Aranas:
  Information about the Arana tribe in Portuguese.



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