Juma dialect

For the extinct Carib language, see Juma language (Carib).
Juma
Kawahíva
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Ethnicity12 Juma (2024)
Native speakers
3 (2024)
Language codes
ISO 639-3jua
Glottologjuma1249
ELPJúma

Júma (Arara-Kawahib) is one of the eight ethnic varieties of the Kagwahiva language, which belongs to Subgroup VI of the Tupi-Guarani languages. The most elderly native speaker, called Aruka Juma, died in 2021.

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