Wasu language

{{Short description|Extinct unclassified language of Brazil}}

{{distinguish |Waitaká language }}

{{infobox language

| name = Wasu

| nativename =

| states = Brazil

| region = Alagoas

| ethnicity = 1,447 Wassu (1999)

| extinct = ?

| familycolor = American

| family = unclassifiable

| iso3 = wsu

| glotto = wasu1238

| glottorefname = Wasu

| acceptance = unattested

}}

Wasu (Waçu, Wassú) is an extinct and unattested, presumed language of the Serra do Azul in Joaquim Gomes, Alagoas, Brazil. The ethnic population is about 1,500.

References

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Further reading

  • Fabre, Alain (2005): [https://www.ling.fi/Entradas%20diccionario/Dic=Wassu.pdf "Wassú" (Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos.)]

{{NE Brazil languages}}

Category:Unattested languages of South America

Category:Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil

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