Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.[2]

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Dialects

Dialects listed by Mason (1950):[3]

• Waharibo (Guaharibo)
  • Shirianá
    • Waicá (Guaica, Vaica)
• Carimé (Karimé)

References

На других языках

[ru] Ширьяна