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) References Arawakan languages Indigenous languages of Western Amazonia Languages of Brazil Extinct languages of South America