Aroaqui language

Aroaqui
	Aroaki
Native to	Brazil
Region	Lower Rio Negro
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Arawakan Northern Aroaqui; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)

Aroaqui (Aroaki) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken on the lower Rio Negro.[1][2] Some Aroaqui groups were also located around the mouth of the Amazon River near Macapá.[1]^:542

A word list of Aroaqui was collected by Johann Natterer (1832) in Airão.[1]

References

Ramirez, Henri (2019). Enciclopédia das línguas arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. (in press)
Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.

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[Ramirez-2019-1] Ramirez, Henri (2019). Enciclopédia das línguas arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. (in press)

[Jolkesky-2016-2] Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.