Aruá language (Rondônia)
Aruá is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, in the Amazon region of Brazil. There were 121 Aruá in 2020 and 5 people who speak Aruá as a maternal language.
Linguistic features
- Consonants: Aruá exhibits a typical Tupian consonant inventory, including stops, nasals, and glides
- Vowels: A five-vowel system with nasalization contrasts.
- Morphology: Agglutinative structure with extensive verb serialization. Example: kõjã-pit.
- Syntax: Subject–Object–Verb word order, common in Tupian languages.