Kawishana language

Kawishana is a nearly extinct Arawakan language of Brazil. A few speakers were reported in the 1950s, and today, as of 2012, only one person can speak it. It has an active–stative syntax.

Classification

Aikhenvald classifies it as a Middle Rio Negro, North Amazonian language, along with Bahuana and Manao.
Kaufman had placed it in a branch of Western Nawiki Upper Amazonian along with two long-extinct languages, Jumana and Pasé, which Aikhenvald leaves unclassified.
Ruhlen classified it as a Rio Negro language, along with Yumana, Pasé and Manao.