Guana

A language of Brazil

ISO 639: gqn
Alternate Names: Chana, Chuala, East Paraná, Equinao, Equiniquinao, Guaná, Kinihinao, Kinikinao, Kinikinau
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last speakers survived into the 2000s. Ethnic population: 250 (2005 ISA).
Location:: Mato Grosso do Sul state: near the Terêna.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Terena
Dialects: None known. Related to Terêna [ter] and Irantxe [irn].
Typology: 13 consonants and 10 vowels (5 oral, 5 nasal).
Language Use: All shifted to Portuguese [por].

Location: Mato Grosso do Sul state: near the Terêna.