Matanawi (''Matanauí, Mitandua, Moutoniway'') was a divergent Amazonian language that appears to be distantly related to the

Muran languages Mura is a language of Amazonas, Brazil. It is most famous for Pirahã, its sole surviving dialect. Linguistically, it is typified by agglutinativity, a very small phoneme inventory (around 11 compared to around 44 in English), whistled spee ...

. It was originally spoken on the Castanha River and Madeirinha River in Amazonas State.

Vocabulary

The only existing word list for Matanawi is that of Curt Nimuendajú (1925).Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925
As Tribus do Alto Madeira
''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'' XVII. 137-172.
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Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Matanawí. :

References

Indigenous languages of the Americas Extinct languages Language isolates of South America {{na-lang-stub