Sharanawa language

Sharanawa
Sharanahua
Arara, Sharanahuan tsain
Native toPeru
EthnicitySharanawa
Native speakers
(450 cited 2000)
Dialects
  • Marinawa
  • Chandinawa
  • Mastanawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3mcd
Glottologshar1245

Sharanawa (Acre Arara) is a Panoan language of Peru. There are 200 Sharanawa (meaning 'good people') in Brazil, but only 3 speak the language. Its speakers call the language Arara. The Mastanawa dialect may belong to either Sharanawa or Yaminawa, although the Mastanawa regarded their language to be identical with Sharanawa.