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Yabaâna

An extinct language of Brazil

ISO 639-3ybn

Population  No known speakers. Ethnic population: 90 (1986 SIL).
Region  Amazonas, headwaters of the Marauia and Cauaboris, tributaries of the left bank of Rio Negro.
Alternate names   Jabaana, Yabarana
Classification  Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Unclassified
Language use  Shifted to Portuguese.
Comments  Distinct from Yabarana [yar] of Venezuela.