Bonari is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language, extinct since the 1870s.[1] It is closely related to Waimiri-Atroarí (Yawaperí).[2][3] It is known only from a short wordlist published in 1874.[4]: 77–78
References
- ^ a b Girard, Victor James (1971). Proto-Carib Phonology (Thesis). University of California, Berkeley.
- ^ “Glottolog 5.2 – Bonari”. glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ^ Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher, eds. (2007). “The native languages of South America”. Atlas of the World’s Languages (2nd ed.). ISBN 9781315829845.
- ^ Brazil. Commissão do Madeira; Souza, Francisco Bernardino de (1874). Pará e Amazonas, pelo encarregado dos trabalhos ethnographicos. Columbia University Libraries. Rio de Janeiro, Typographia nacional.