Mehinaku language

Mehinaku language
Mehináku
Spoken in Brazil
Region Mato Grosso
Ethnicity Mehinako
Native speakers 200  (2002)
Language family
Arawakan
  • Southern ?
    • Paresí–Xingu
      • Waurá
        • Waura–Mehináku
          • Mehináku
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mmh

Mehináku (Meinaku) is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil. It is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá (Ethnologue 2009).

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