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Moronahua Indian Language (Moronawa)

Moronahua is a Panoan language of South America, spoken by 300 people in Brazil. Some linguists consider it a dialect of Yaminawa or Sharanahua. Moronahua is an agglutinative language with SOV word order.

˜Our Online Moronahua Materials –

Moronahua Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Moronawa language, with comparison to words in other Panoan languages.

Moronawa Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Moronawa words.

˜Moronahua Language Resources –

La Lengua Marinahua:
Information on Sharanawa and Moronahua including linguistic maps of Peru and South America. Page in Spanish.

Lenguas Pano:
Spanish-language information on Morunawa and the Panoan languages.

Moronahua Language:
Demographic information on Moronahua and Yaminahua from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Moronahua Culture and History Links –

Last Indians of the Amazon:
Article on the Mastanahua and Murunahua tribes of Peru and their struggles to survive in the modern day.

Marinahua Culture:
Article on the history and traditions of the Marinawa tribe.

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