Araona is a Tacanan language spoken by about 100 people in the La Paz Department in the northwest of Bolivia. In particular, it is spoken in the Ixiamas Municipality in the north of Abel Iturralde Province in the north of La Paz Department.
Araona is also known as Cavina. Dialects include Capachene and Machui. It is spoken by people of all ages, can be written with the Latin alphabet, and is recognised as an official language in Peru.
Download an alphabet chart for Araona (Excel)
An acute accent (á) or a macron (ā) can be used to indicate stress.
Eshoi ai tsa-ai pehue pósahua. Opiacatamo dia pósahua. Zeti, tóhuaicana, badi, eohua-idyadacata tsá-aicata epo. Eiye dipahue. Acuicana, huáenicana, ecuichacana misiohuahue tsa-ai epo. Maedapoipocana tsa-ai pojo, apoda-odi pehue pósahua.
Source: Jesosolipi dia epopocana: The life of Christ
Information about Araona
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araona_language
https://www.native-languages.org/araona.htm
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_aro_ortho-1
https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/62242/
http://www.language-archives.org/language/aro
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/aro
Araona, Ese Ejja, Reyesano, Tacana
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 06.03.26. Last modified: 06.03.26
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