| Arakajú | |
|---|---|
| Aracajú | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Pará |
| Extinct | after 1820[1] |
Cariban
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | arac1235 |
Arakajú (Aracajú, Araquajú[1]) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.[2][1] Kaufman (2007) placed it in his Wayana branch.[3][4] The Arakajú were incorporated into the Aparai people.[5]
References
- von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philip (1867). Wörtersammlung Brasilianischer Sprachen. Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerikas zumal Brasiliens. Vol. II. Leipzig: Friedrich Fleischer.
- Gildea, Spike (2002). "Ergativity in the northern Cariban Languages". Atas do primeiro encontro do projeto Manifestações da ergatividade na Amazônia: 137–145.
- Moseley, Christopher; Asher, R. E.; Darkes, Giles (2007), Atlas of the world's languages (2nd ed.), London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1, retrieved 2025-09-18
- Nimuendajú, Curt (1948), "Little-known tribes of the Lower Amazon" (PDF), The Tropical Forest Tribes, Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 3, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 209–211, retrieved 2026-05-13
- "Wayana - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2026-05-24.