Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of

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. It had an active–stative syntax.Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., ''The Amazonian Languages'', 1999.

Dialects

Dialects listed by Mason (1950): *Waharibo (Guaharibo) **Shirianá ***Waicá (Guaica, Vaica) *Carimé (Karimé)

References

Arawakan languages Indigenous languages of Western Amazonia Languages of Brazil Extinct languages of South America {{Arawakan-lang-stub