Himarimã is the presumed language of the uncontacted Hi-Merimã people in Amazonas, Brazil. A contact may have happened in 2007.[2] A wordlist was recorded, but was later lost.[3] The language is believed to be Arawán per testimonies from the Suruwahá and Banawá.[4][5]
| Himarimã | |
|---|---|
| Hi-Merima | |
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Tapauá River valley |
| Ethnicity | Hi-Merimã people |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 40)[1] |
unclassified (Arawan?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hir |
| Glottolog | hima1247 |
| ELP | Himarimã |
History
editA group of ten Marimã were illegally contacted in 1986 by missionaries; all the adults died and five of the children were adopted by non-Indigenous families. The only child alive as of 2024, named Atxu Marimã,[6][7][8] had provided a list of 105 words to Adolpho Killian, an employee of the Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (FUNAI) when he was around eight years old and could still speak the language.[9][10]
Notes
edit- ↑ Himarimã at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Himarimã language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2025-04-16
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) - ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Himarimã". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ↑ Shiratori, Clara Roman, Daniel Cangussu e Karen (2025-03-11). "A história de Atxu". revista piauí (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-06-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ UOL (2025-10-12). Atxu Marimã: o sobrevivente Hi-Merimã que agora luta para proteger os povos isolados da Amazônia. Retrieved 2026-06-03 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Novos Projetos". VU. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
- ↑ "Glottolog 5.3 - Killian, Adolpho no date". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
- ↑ Huber Azevedo, Adriana Maria (2024). A grammatical description of Suruwahá (Arawá) (PDF) (masters thesis). Zürich: Universität Zürich.
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