Aroaqui language

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Aroaqui (Aroaki) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken in the lower Rio Negro region, probably on the banks of the Cuieiras River.^[1][2] Some Aroaqui groups were also located around the mouth of the Amazon River near Macapá.^[1]: 14

A word list of Aroaqui was collected by Johann Natterer (1832) in Airão.^[1]

Aroaqui and Parawana are closely related, and may be the same language.^[1]