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Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.

Dialects※

Dialects listed by Mason (1950):

• Waharibo (Guaharibo)
  • Shirianá
    • Waicá (Guaica, Vaica)
• Carimé (Karimé)

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