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Poyanawa Indian Language (Puinaua)

Poyanawa is a Panoan language of South America.
Pyanawa is still spoken by only a few elders in western Brazil. It is an agglutinative language with SOV word order.

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Poyanawa Language Resources

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

Língua poianaua:
Poianawa language information in Portuguese.

La Lengua Poyanawa:
Information on Poyanawa including a linguistic map of South America. Page in Spanish.

Poianaua:
Article on the Poyanawa language. Page in Portuguese.

House of Languages: Poyanahua:
Information about Poyanawa language usage.

Ethnologue: Poyanáwa:
Demographic information about the Poyanawa language.

Puinaua Language Tree:
Theories about Poyanawa's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Poyanawa Culture and History Links

The Poyanawa of Brazil:
Brief profile of the Poyanawa tribe.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Poianauas:

Os Poianáua:
Information about the Poyanawas in Portuguese.

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