Arawan (also Arahuan, Arauan, Arawán, Arawa, Arauán) is a family of languages spoken in western Brazil (Amazonas, Acre) and Peru (Ucayali).

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Chapakura-Wañam, Jivaro, Kwaza, Maku, Mura-Matanawi, Taruma, Yanomami, Arawak, Nadahup, Puinave-Kak, and Tupi language families due to contact.

[1] Arauan consists of half a dozen languages: Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[1] († = extinct) Internal classification by Dienst (2010):[2] Arauá internal classification by Mason (1950):[3] Unattested varieties listed by Loukotka (1968):[7] Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.

[7] Below are selected Proto-Arawá (Proto-Arawan) reconstructions of flora and fauna names by Dixon (2004):[8]