Himarimã is the language of the uncontacted Hi-Merimã people in Amazonas, Brazil. A contact may have happened in 2007. A wordlist was recorded, but was later lost. The language is believed to be Arawán per testimonies from the Suruwahá and Banawá.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
History A group of ten Marimã were illegally contacted in 1986 by missionaries; all the adults died and five of the children were adopted by non-Indigenous families. The only child alive as of 2024, named Atxu Marimã, had provided a list of 105 words to Adolpho Killian, an employee of the Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (FUNAI) when he was around eight years old and could still speak the language.
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