Guana

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A language of Brazil

Alternate Names
Chana, Chuala, East Paraná, Equinao, Equiniquinao, Guaná, Kinihinao, Kinikinao, Kinikinau
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last speakers survived into the 2000s. Ethnic population: 250 (2005 ISA).

Location

Mato Grosso do Sul state: near the Terêna.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Dialects

None known. Related to Terêna [ter] and Irantxe [irn].

Typology

13 consonants and 10 vowels (5 oral, 5 nasal).

Language Use

All shifted to Portuguese [por].