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Arawakan (''Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper''), also known as Maipurean (also ''Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre''), is a
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that developed among ancient
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. Branches migrated to
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and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas. Almost all present-day South American countries are known to have been home to speakers of Arawakan languages, the exceptions being
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,
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, and
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. Maipurean may be related to other language families in a hypothetical
Macro-Arawakan Macro-Arawakan is a proposed language family of South America and the Caribbean centered on the Arawakan languages. Sometimes, the proposal is called Arawakan, and the central family is called ''Maipurean''. Proposals Kaufman (1990) includes th ...
stock.


Name

The name ''Maipure'' was given to the family by
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in 1782, after the
Maipure language Maipure (Maypure, Mejepure), was a language once spoken along the Ventuari, Sipapo, and Autana rivers of Amazonas and, as a lingua franca, in the Upper Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its draina ...
of
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, which he used as a basis of his comparisons. It was renamed after the culturally more important Arawak language a century later. The term ''Arawak'' took over, until its use was extended by North American scholars to the broader
Macro-Arawakan Macro-Arawakan is a proposed language family of South America and the Caribbean centered on the Arawakan languages. Sometimes, the proposal is called Arawakan, and the central family is called ''Maipurean''. Proposals Kaufman (1990) includes th ...
proposal. At that time, the name ''Maipurean'' was resurrected for the core family. See Arawakan ''vs'' Maipurean for details.


Dispersal

The ''Arawakan linguistic matrix hypothesis'' (ALMH) suggests that the modern diversity of the Arawakan language family stems from the diversification of a
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or
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that was spoken throughout much of tropical lowland South America. Proponents of this hypothesis include Santos-Granero (2002) and Eriksen (2014). Eriksen (2014) proposes that the Arawakan family had only broken up after 600 CE, but Michael (2020) considers this to be unlikely, noting that Arawakan internal diversity is greater than that of the Romance languages. On the other hand, Blench (2015) suggests a demographic expansion that had taken place over a few thousand years, similar to the dispersals of the Austronesian and
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language families in Southeast Asia.


Language contact

As one of the most geographically widespread language families in all of the Americas, Arawakan linguistic influence can be found in many language families of South America. Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arawa, Bora-Muinane, Guahibo, Harakmbet-Katukina, Harakmbet, Katukina-Katawixi, Irantxe, Jaqi, Karib, Kawapana, Kayuvava, Kechua, Kwaza,
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, Macro-Jê, Macro-Mataguayo-Guaykuru, Mapudungun, Mochika, Mura-Matanawi, Nambikwara, Omurano, Pano-Takana, Pano,
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, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Zaparo, Saliba-Hodi, and Tikuna-Yuri language families due to contact. However, these similarities could be due to inheritance, contact, or chance.


Languages

Classification of Maipurean is difficult because of the large number of Arawakan languages that are
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and poorly documented. However, apart from transparent relationships that might constitute single languages, several groups of Maipurean languages are generally accepted by scholars. Many classifications agree in dividing Maipurean into northern and southern branches, but perhaps not all languages fit into one or the other. The three classifications below are accepted by all: *
Ta-Maipurean The Ta-Arawakan languages, also known as Ta-Maipurean and Caribbean, are the indigenous Arawakan languages of the Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. They are distinguished by the first person pronominal prefix ''ta-,'' as opposed ...
= Caribbean Arawak / Ta-Arawak = Caribbean Maipuran, *
Upper Amazon Maipurean The Upper Amazon Maipurean languages, a.k.a. North Amazonian or Inland Northern Maipuran, are Arawakan languages of the northern Amazon in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil. Upper Amazon Arawakan has been surveyed comprehensively by Henri Ram ...
= North Amazonian Arawak = Inland Maipuran, * Central Maipurean = Pareci–Xingu = Paresí–Waurá = Central Maipuran, * Piro = Purus, * Campa = Pre-Andean Maipurean = Pre-Andine Maipuran. An early contrast between ''Ta-Arawak'' and ''Nu-Arawak'', depending on the prefix for "I", is spurious; ''nu-'' is the ancestral form for the entire family, and ''ta-'' is an innovation of one branch of the family.


Kaufman (1994)

The following (tentative) classification is from Kaufman (1994: 57-60). Details of established branches are given in the linked articles. In addition to the family tree detailed below, there are a few languages that are "Non-Maipurean Arawakan languages or too scantily known to classify" (Kaufman 1994: 58), which include these: * Shebaye ''(†)'' * Lapachu ''(†)'' * Morique (also known as Morike) ''(†)'' Another language is also mentioned as "Arawakan": * Salumã (also known as Salumán, Enawené-Nawé) Including the unclassified languages mentioned above, the Maipurean family has about 64 languages. Out of them, 29 languages are now
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: Wainumá, Mariaté, Anauyá, Amarizana, Jumana, Pasé, Cawishana, Garú, Marawá, Guinao, Yavitero, Maipure, Manao, Kariaí, Waraikú, Yabaána, Wiriná, Aruán, Taíno, Kalhíphona, Marawán-Karipurá, Saraveca, Custenau, Inapari, Kanamaré, Shebaye, Lapachu, and Morique. ;Northern Maipurean * ''
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branch'' * ''Maritime branch'' ** Aruán (Aroã) ''(†)'' ** Wapixana (also known as Wapishana): Atorada (also known as Atoraí), Mapidian (also known as Maopidyán), Wapishana **
Ta-Maipurean The Ta-Arawakan languages, also known as Ta-Maipurean and Caribbean, are the indigenous Arawakan languages of the Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. They are distinguished by the first person pronominal prefix ''ta-,'' as opposed ...
** Palikur *** Palikur (also known as Palikúr) *** Marawán ''(†)'' ;Southern Maipurean * ''Western branch'' ** Amuesha (also known as Amoesha, Yanesha’) ** Chamicuro (also known as Chamikuro) * ''
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branch'' * ''Southern Outlier branch'' ** Terêna (dialects: Kinikinao, Terena, Guaná, Chané) ** Moxos group (also known as Moho) *** Moxos (Ignaciano & Trinitario) *** Baure *** Paunaka (also known as Pauna–Paikone) ** Piro group * '' Campa branch'' (also known as Pre-Andean) Kaufman does not report the extinct Magiana of the Moxos group.


Aikhenvald (1999)

Apart from minor decisions on whether a variety is a language or a dialect, changing names, and not addressing several poorly attested languages, Aikhenvald departs from Kaufman in breaking up the ''Southern Outlier'' and ''Western'' branches of Southern Maipurean. She assigns Salumã and Lapachu ('
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') to what is left of Southern Outlier ('South Arawak'); breaks up the ''Maritime'' branch of Northern Maipurean, though keeping Aruán and Palikur together; and is agnostic about the sub-grouping of the ''North Amazonian'' branch of Northern Maipurean. The following breakdown uses Aikhenvald's nomenclature followed by Kaufman's: ;North Arawak = Northern Maipurean *Rio Branco = Kaufman's Wapishanan (2) Mawayana"_and_Mawakwa_as_a_possible_dialect.html" ;"title="Mawayana_language.html" ;"title="ith Mapidian under the name " Mawayana"_and_Mawakwa_as_a_possible_dialect">Mawayana_language.html"_;"title="ith_Mapidian_under_the_name_"Mawayana_language">Mawayana"_and_Mawakwa_as_a_possible_dialect*Palikur_=_Kaufman's_Palikur_+_
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= Ta-Maipurean (8) [incl. Shebaye] *Upper Amazon Arawakan, North Amazonian = Upper Amazon (17 attested) ;South and South-Western Arawak = Southern Maipurean *South Arawak =
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+ Kaufman's Moxos group + Enawene Nawe language, Salumã + Lapachu Apolista'(11) * Pareci–Xingu = Central Maipurean (6) * South-Western Arawak = Piro (5) * Campa (6) * Amuesha (1) * Chamicuro (1) Aikhenvald classifies Kaufman's unclassified languages apart from Morique. She does not classify 15 extinct languages which Kaufman had placed in various branches of Maipurean. Aikhenvald (1999:69) classifies Mawayana with Wapishana together under a Rio Branco branch, giving for Mawayana also the names "Mapidian" and "Mawakwa" (with some reservations for the latter).


Ramirez (2001)

Internal classification of Arawakan by
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(2001):Ramirez, Henri (2001).
Línguas arawak da Amazônia Setentrional
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:2 subgroups, 10 divisions († = extinct) *unclassified: ''Yanesha, Chamicuro'' *Western ** unclassified: ''† Yumana, † Passé'' ** Japurá-Colombia division *** ''Piapoko, Achagua; Baniwa-Koripako, Tariana; Warekena, Mandawaka; Kabiyari; Yukuna, Wainumá-Mariaté'' *** ''† Kauixana'' *** ''Resígaro'' ** Upper Rio Negro division *** ''† Baré, † Guinau, † Anauyá-Yabahana'' ** Upper Orinoco division *** ''† Pareni, Yavitero'' *** ''† Maipure'' ** Negro-Roraima division *** ''† Arua'' *** ''† Manao, † Wirina, † Bahuana, † Cariaí'' *** ''Wapixana, Atorai'' *** ''† Mawayana'' ** Juruá-Jutaí division *** ''† Marawa'' *** ''† Waraiku'' ** Purus-Ucayali division *** ''Apurinã; Piro, Kuniba, Kanamari, Manxineri '' *** ''Kampa'' ** Bolivia-Mato Grosso division *** ''Baure, Mojeño'' *** ''Tereno, † Kinikinao'' ** Caribe-Venezuela division *** ''Lokono; Iñeri, Garífuna; † Taino; † Caquetio'' *** ''Guajiro, † Paraujano'' *Eastern ** Amapá division *** ''Palikur, † Marawá'' ** Xingu-Tapajós division *** ''Waurá, Mehinaku; Yawalapiti'' *** ''Pareci, † Sarave''


Walker & Ribeiro (2011)

Walker & Ribeiro (2011), using Bayesian computational phylogenetics, classify the Arawakan languages as follows. The internal structures of each branch is given below. Note that the strictly binary splits are a result of the Bayesian computational methods used. *Northeast ** Marawan, Palikúr *South ** Kinikinau,
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Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016.
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Nikulin & Carvalho (2019)

Internal classification by Nikulin & Carvalho (2019: 270):Nikulin, Andrey; Fernando O. de Carvalho. 2019
Estudos diacrônicos de línguas indígenas brasileiras: um panorama
''Macabéa – Revista Eletrônica do Netlli'', v. 8, n. 2 (2019), p. 255-305.
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'' **'' Ashéninka'' *Bolívia-Paraná **'' Baure''; '' Carmelito''; '' Joaquiniano'' **''
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''; '' Paunaka''; '' Mojeño (Trinitário, Ignaciano, Loretano, Javeriano)'' Phonological innovations characterizing some of the branches: *''Maritime'': loss of medial Proto-Arawakan *-n-. **''Lokono-Wayuu'': first person singular prefix *ta- replacing *nu-. Carvalho also reconstructs the suffix *-ja (possibly a deictic) and *kabɨnɨ ‘three’ as characteristic of this subgroup. *''Campa'': lexical innovations such as *iNʧato ‘tree’, *-taki ‘bark’, *-toNki ‘bone’, etc. There are also typological innovations due to contact with Andean languages such as Quechua.


Ramirez (2020)

The internal classification of Arawakan by
Henri Ramirez Henri Ramirez is a French-Brazilian linguist known especially for his research on Arawakan languages and other language families of the Amazonian region. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim. Educat ...
(2020) is as follows. This classification differs quite substantially from his previous classification (Ramirez 2001), but is very similar to the one proposed by Jolkesky (2016). :12 subgroups consisting of 56 languages (29 living and 27 extinct) († = extinct) * Japurá-Colombia ( Portuguese article) **† '' Mepuri'' **† '' Yumana'', † '' Passé'' **† '' Kauixana'' **Peripheral ***† '' Mandawaka'', '' Warekena (do San Miguel)''; ''
Baniwa Baniwa (also known with local variants as Baniva, Baniua, Curipaco, Vaniva, Walimanai, Wakuenai) are indigenous South Americans, who speak the Baniwa language belonging to the Maipurean (Arawak) language family. They live in the Amazon Region, ...
- Koripako'' ***'' Piapoco'', '' Achagua''; '' Kabiyari'' ***† '' Resígaro'' ***† '' Wainumá-Mariaté'' ***'' Yukuna'' *Upper
Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...
**'' Baniva de Maroa'' **† '' Pareni-Yavitero'' **† '' Maipure'' *Central-Amazon-Antilles ? (probable branch) **Amazon-
Antilles The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...
***'' Guajiro'', † '' Paraujano'' ***† '' Taino'', '' Iñeri'', '' Loko'', † '' Marawá'' ***? † '' Waraiku'' ***? † '' Wirina'' **Middle Rio Negro ***† '' Baré'' ***† '' Guinau'' ***† '' Anauyá''; † '' Mainatari'', † '' Yabahana'' **Central ***† '' Bahuana''; † '' Manao'', † '' Cariaí'' ***† '' Aruã'' *** Pidjanan ****† '' Mawayana'' ****''
Wapixana The Wapishana or Wapichan (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an indigenous group found in the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana. Location Currently the Wapishana are located in the State of Roraima, Brazil, no ...
'', † '' Parawana'', † '' Aroaqui'' ***? † '' Shebayo'' * Mato Grosso-Palikur ? (probable branch) ** Amapá ***'' Palikur'' ** Mato Grosso *** Xingu ****'' Waurá'' ****'' Yawalapiti'' *** Xaray ****'' Salumã'' ****'' Pareci'' ****† '' Sarave'' *Bolivia-Purus-Kampa-(Amuesha) ? (probable branch) **Bolivia ***'' Baure'' ***''
Pauna Pauna is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division ...
''; '' Mojeño'', '' Tereno'' ** Purus ***† '' Iñapari'' ***'' Piro'' ***'' Apurinã'' ***† '' Cararí'' **Pre-Andine ***'' Kampa'' ** Pozuzo ***'' Amuesha'' *Lower
Ucayali The Ucayali River ( es, Río Ucayali, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón close to Nauta city. The city o ...
**† '' Chamicuro'' **? † '' Moríque''


Varieties

Below is a full list of Arawakan language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. ;Island languages *Taino / Nitaino - once spoken in the Conquest days on the
Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, a ...
Islands of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Dialects are: **Taino of Haiti and Quisqueya - extinct language of the island were
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
and
The Republic of Haiti ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
. **Taino of Cuba - once spoken on the island of Cuba; in the nineteenth century only in the villages of Jiguaní, Bayano, and
Quivicán Quivicán is a town and municipality in Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located in the south west of the province, bordering the Gulf of Batabanó. The name is of Taino origin (spelled '' Quibicán''). It was founded in 1700. Geography The mu ...
; now the last descendants speak only Spanish. **Borinquen - once spoken on the island of
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
. **Yamaye - once spoken on the island of
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispa ...
. **Lucaya - once spoken on the
Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the a ...
Islands. *Eyed / Allouage - once spoken in the
Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc be ...
. * - spoken on the eastern part of the island of
Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
. *Naparina - once spoken on the island of Trinidad. (Unattested.) *Caliponau - language spoken by the women of the Carib tribes in the Lesser Antilles. ;Guiana language *Arawak / Aruaqui / Luccumi / Locono - spoken in the Guianas. Dialects are: **Western - spoken in Guyana. **Eastern - spoken in French Guiana on the Curipi River and Oyapoque River. ;Central group *Wapishana / Matisana / Wapityan / Uapixana - spoken on the Tacutu River, Mahú River, and
Surumú River The Surumu River is a river of Roraima state in northern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Roraima List of rivers in Roraima (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger s ...
, territory of Rio Branco, Brazil, and in the adjoining region in Guyana. *Amariba - once spoken at the sources of the Tacutu River and Rupununi River, Guyana. (Unattested.) *Atorai / Attaraye / Daurí - spoken between the Rupununi River and
Kuyuwini River The Kuyuwini River is a river Guyana. Marudi Mountain is a critical watershed that feeds into the river. The area surrounding the river is considered traditional lands of the Wapishana, and they monitor the river for environmental threats. Con ...
, Guyana. ;Mapidian group *Mapidian / Maotityan - spoken at the sources of the Apiniwau River, Guyana, now perhaps extinct. *Mawakwa - once spoken on the Mavaca River, Venezuela. ;Goajira group *Goajira / Uáira - language spoken on the
Goajira Peninsula The Guajira Peninsula ( es, Península de La Guajira, links=no, also spelled ''Goajira'', mainly in colonial period texts, guc, Hikükariby) is a peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela in the Caribbean. It is the northe ...
in Colombia and Venezuela with two dialects, Guimpejegual and Gopujegual. *Paraujano / Parancan / Parawogwan / Pará - spoken by a tribe of lake dwellers on Lake Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela. *Alile - once spoken on the Guasape River, state of Zulia, Venezuela. (Unattested.) *Onota - once spoken between Lake Maracaibo and the
Palmar River The Palmar River ( es, Rio El Palmar) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo. The Palmar River rises in the Serranía del Perijá. In its lower reaches it flows through an area of the Catatumbo moist forests ecoregion. It then flo ...
in the same region, Zulia state, Venezuela. (Unattested.) *Guanebucán - extinct language once spoken on the
Hacha River Hacha may refer to: * Emil Hácha (1872–1945), the third President of Czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1939 * Hacha (corporation), a Chinese electronics manufacturer mostly involved with portable media player (PMP) design and manufacture * the Spanis ...
, department of Magdalena, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Cosina / Coquibacoa - extinct language of a little known tribe of the Serranía Cosina,
Goajira Peninsula The Guajira Peninsula ( es, Península de La Guajira, links=no, also spelled ''Goajira'', mainly in colonial period texts, guc, Hikükariby) is a peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela in the Caribbean. It is the northe ...
, Colombia. (Unattested.) ;Caquetío group *Caquetío - extinct language once spoken on the islands of Curaçao and Aruba near the Venezuelan coast, on the
Yaracuy River The Yaracuy River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into the Caribbean Sea. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries ind ...
,
Portuguesa River The Portuguesa River (Spanish: ''Río Portuguesa'', also ''Río la Portuguesa'', ''Río de la Portuguesa'') is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin, and is a tributary of the Apure River (which is, in turn, a tributary of the ...
, and
Apure River The Apure River is a river of southwestern Venezuela, formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near Guasdualito, in Venezuela, at , and flowing across the Llanos into the Orinoco. It provides significant transportation in the area. Orig ...
, Venezuela. (only several words) *Ajagua - once spoken on the
Tocuyo River The Tocuyo River ( es, Río Tocuyo) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into the Caribbean Sea. The river drains part of the Lara-Falcón dry forests ecoregion. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By d ...
near Carera, state of Lara, Venezuela. (only two words and patronyms.) *Quinó - once spoken in the village of Lagunillas, state of Mérida, Venezuela. (Nothing.) *Tororó / Auyama - once spoken in the village of San Cristóbal, state of Táchira. (Febres Cordero 1921, pp. 116–160 passim, only six words.) *Aviamo - once spoken on the
Uribante River The Uribante River is a river of Venezuela, a tributary of the Apure River. The river is in the Orinoco basin. It drains part of the southern slope of the Táchira depression. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in ...
, state of Táchira. (Unattested.) *Tecua - once spoken on the Lengupa River and in the village of Teguas, department of Boyacá, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Yaguai - once spoken on the Arichuna River, state of Apure, Venezuela. (Unattested.) *Cocaima - once spoken between the Setenta River and
Matiyure River Matiyure River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries ...
, state of Apure, Venezuela. (Unattested.) *Chacanta - once spoken on the Mucuchachi River, state of Mérida. (Unattested.) *Caparo - once spoken on the Caparo River, Santander, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Támud - once spoken northeast of the Sagamoso River, Santander, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Burgua - once spoken near San Camilo on the Burgua River, Santander, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Cuite - once spoken on the Cuite River, Santander, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Queniquea - once spoken in the same hill region in Colombia on the Pereno River. (Unattested.) *Chucuna - once spoken between the Manacacías River and Vichada River, territories of Meta and Vichada, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Guayupe - spoken on the
Güejar River Güejar River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. Geography Güejar River flows from the Cordillera Oriental.Philippe Conrad, ''Gold in the Jungle'', 1990, p. 225 See also *List of rivers of Colombia Atlantic Oce ...
and
Ariari River The Ariari River is a river of Colombia, located entirely within the Meta Department. Part of the Orinoco River basin, it merges with the Guayabero River to forms the Guaviare River, one of the principle tributaries of the Orinoco. See also *Lis ...
, Meta territory. *Sae - once spoken by the neighbors of the Guayupe tribe in the same region. (Unattested.) *Sutagao - spoken once on the Pasca River and
Sumapaz River The Sumapaz River ( es, Río Sumapaz) is a major tributary of the Magdalena River in Colombia. The long river originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at the largest páramo in the world; Sumapaz, of which it takes its name. It fo ...
, Meta territory. (Unattested.) *Chocue / Choque - once spoken on the Herorú River and
Guayabero River The Guayabero River is a river of Colombia. It is primarily located in the Meta Department, forming a portion of its border with the Guaviare Department. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. Its confluence with the Ariari River gives rise to t ...
, Meta territory. (Unattested.) *Eperigua - once spoken at the sources of the
Güejar River Güejar River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. Geography Güejar River flows from the Cordillera Oriental.Philippe Conrad, ''Gold in the Jungle'', 1990, p. 225 See also *List of rivers of Colombia Atlantic Oce ...
and near San Juan de los Llanos, Meta territory. (Unattested.) *Aricagua - once spoken in the state of Mérida, Venezuela. (Unattested.) *Achagua - spoken on the
Apure River The Apure River is a river of southwestern Venezuela, formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near Guasdualito, in Venezuela, at , and flowing across the Llanos into the Orinoco. It provides significant transportation in the area. Orig ...
and Arauca River in the department of Boyacá and territory of Meta, Colombia. *Piapoco / Mitua / Dzáse - spoken on the Guaviare River, territory of Vaupés, Colombia. *Cabere / Cabre - once spoken on the Teviare River and Zama River, Vichada territory. *Maniba / Camaniba - spoken by a little known tribe that lived on the middle course of the Guaviare River, Vaupés territory, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Amarizana - extinct language once spoken on the
Vera River Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarra ...
and Aguas Blancas River, territory of Meta. ;Maypure group *Maypure - extinct language once spoken in the village of Maipures, Vichada territory, Colombia. Inhabitants now speak only Spanish. *Avani / Abane - once spoken on the Auvana River and Tipapa River, Amazonas territory, Venezuela. (Gilij 1780-1784, vol. 3, p. 383, only six words.) ;Guinau group *Baníva - language spoken on the Orinoco River, especially in the village of
San Fernando de Atabapo San Fernando de Atabapo is a town in southern Venezuela on the border with Colombia. It was the capital city of the Amazonas state until the early 1900s. The population in 1997 was approximately 5,000. In the early twentieth century it was rul ...
, Amazonas territory, Venezuela. *Yavitero / Pareni / Yavitano - spoken on the Atabapo River in the village of Yavita. ;Guinau group *Guinau / Inao / Guniare / Temomeyéme / Quinhau - once spoken at the sources of the Caura River and Merevari River, state of Bolívar, Venezuela, now perhaps extinct. ;Baré group *Baré / Ihini / Arihini - spoken on the
Casiquiare River The Casiquiare river () is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the world's largest r ...
, territory of Amazonas, Venezuela, and on the upper course of the
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
, state of Amazonas, Brazil. *Uarequena - spoken on the Guainía River, Vaupés territory, Colombia. *Adzáneni / Adyána / Izaneni - spoken at the sources of the Caiarí River and on the Apui River, frontier of Colombia and Brazil. *Carútana / Corecarú / Yauareté-tapuya - spoken on the frontier between Colombia and Brazil on the
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
. *Katapolítani / Acayaca / Cadaupuritani - spoken on the
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
in the village of Tunuhy, Brazil. *Siusí / Ualíperi-dákeni / Uereperidákeni - spoken on the lower course of the Caiarí River and
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
and on the middle course of the
Aiari River Aiari River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
, state of Amazonas, Brazil. *Moriwene / Sucuriyú-tapuya - spoken on the
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
in the village of Seringa Upita, state of Amazonas, Brazil. *Mapanai / Ira-tapuya - spoken on the
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
near
Cachoeira Yandú Cachoeira (Portuguese, meaning waterfall) is an inland municipality of Bahia, Brazil, on the Paraguaçu River. The town exports sugar, cotton, and tobacco and is a thriving commercial and industrial centre. The municipality contains 56% of t ...
, state of Amazonas. *Hohodene / Huhúteni - spoken on the Cubate River, state of Amazonas. *Maulieni / Káua-tapuya - spoken on the
Aiari River Aiari River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
, state of Amazonas. ;Ipéca group *Ipéca / Kumada-mínanei / Baniva de rio Içana - spoken on the
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
near the village of San Pedro, frontier region of Brazil and Colombia. *Payualiene / Payoariene / Pacu-tapuya - spoken in the same frontier region on the Arara-paraná River. *Curipaco - spoken on the Guainía River, territory of Amazonas, Venezuela. *Kárro - spoken in the territory of Amazonas on the Puitana River. *Kapité-Mínanei / Coatí-tapuya - spoken at the sources of the
Içana River Içana River (río Isana/río Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east u ...
, Vaupés territory, Colombia. ;Tariana group *Tariana / Yavi - spoken in the villages of Ipanoré and Yauareté on the Caiarí River, Vaupés Territory, Colombia. *Iyäine / Kumandene / Yurupary-tapuya - spoken in the same region north of the Tariana tribe. Now only Tucano is spoken. (Unattested.) *Cauyari / Acaroa / Cabuyarí - once spoken on the Cananari River and on the middle course of the Apaporis River, territory of Amazonas, Colombia. Now perhaps extinct. ;Mandauáca group *Mandauáca / Maldavaca - spoken on the Baria River, Capabury River, and
Pasimoni River The Pasimoni River ( es, Rio Pasimoni) is a river in the state of Amazonas, Venezuela. It is a tributary of the Casiquiare canal, in turn a tributary of the Rio Negro. The Pasimoni forms on the northern slope of the Cerro de la Neblina and flows ...
, Amazonas territory, Venezuela. *Cunipúsana - once spoken in Amazonas territory on the
Siapa River Siapa River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Amazon River basin. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers in Venezuela. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries inden ...
. (Unattested.) ;Manáo group *Manáo / Oremanao / Manoa - extinct language once spoken around the modern city of
Manaus Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
on the
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
, state of Amazonas, Brazil. *Arina - extinct language once spoken on the middle course of the Marauiá River, Amazonas state. (Unattested.) *Cariay / Carihiahy - extinct language once spoken between the
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
, Araçá River, and Padauari River, territory of Rio Branco, Brazil. *Bahuana - spoken between the Padauari River and Araçá River. (Unattested.) *Uaranacoacena - extinct language once spoken between the Branco River,
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
, and Araçá River, Amazonas. (Unattested.) *Arauaqui - extinct language once spoken between the
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
and Uatuma River. A few descendants now speak only Lingua Geral or Portuguese. (Unattested.) *Dapatarú - once spoken between the Uatuma River and Urubu River and on the island of Saracá, Amazonas. (Unattested.) *Aniba - once spoken on the
Aniba River ''Aniba'' is an American neotropical flowering plant genus in the family Lauraceae. They are present in low and mountain cloud forest in Caribbean islands, Central America, and northern to central South America. Description They are shr ...
and around Saracá lagoon. (Unattested.) *Caboquena - once spoken on the Urubu River, Amazonas. (Unattested.) *Caburichena - once spoken on the right bank of the
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
. (Unattested.) *Seden - once spoken between the Uatuma River and
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
. (Unattested.) ;Uirina group *Uirina - extinct language once spoken at the sources of the
Marari River Marari River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
, territory of Rio Branco. *Yabaána / Jabâ-ana / Hobacana - language of a tribe in the territory of Rio Branco, on the Marauiá River and Cauaburi River. *Anauyá - spoken by a little known tribe on the
Castaño River Castaño is a Spanish surname meaning "auburn". *Carlos Castaño Gil (1965–2004), founder of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), an extreme right paramilitary organization in Colombia *Carlos Castaño Panadero (born 19 ...
, territory of Amazonas, Venezuela. ;Chiriána group *Chiriána / Barauána - spoken between the
Marari River Marari River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
and Demini River, territory of Rio Branco. ;Yukúna group *Yukúna - spoken on the Miritíparaná River, Amazonas territory, Colombia. *Matapí - spoken in the same region, Amazonas territory, near Campoamor. (Unattested.) *Guarú / Garú - spoken on the Mamurá River, Cuama River, and Meta River, territory of Caquetá, Colombia. ;Resigaro group *Resigaro / Rrah~nihin / Rosigaro - spoken by a few families on the Igaraparaná River near Casa Arana. ;Araicú group *Marawa / Maragua - spoken in the nineteenth century between the Juruá River and Jutai River, now in a single village at the mouth of the Juruá River, Amazonas. ;Araicú group *Araicú / Waraikú - extinct language once spoken at the sources of the
Jandiatuba River Jandiatuba River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) Tributaries of the Amazon River {{AmazonasBR-r ...
and on the right bank of the Jutai River, Amazonas. ;Uainumá group *Uainumá / Ajuano / Wainumá / Inabishana / Uainamby-tapuya / Uaypi - extinct language once spoken on the Upi River, a tributary of the
Içá River The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River. Course The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well ...
, Amazonas. *Mariaté / Muriaté - extinct language once spoken at the mouth of the
Içá River The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River. Course The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well ...
. ;Jumana group *Jumana / Shomana - extinct language once spoken on the
Puruê River Puruê River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
and Juami River, Amazonas state. *Passé / Pazé - extinct language once spoken between the
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...
,
Japurá River The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a river about long in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia and flows eastward through Brazil to join the Amazon River. Course The river rises as the Caquetá River in the Andes in southwest Colombia. ...
, and
Içá River The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River. Course The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well ...
. The few descendants now speak only Portuguese. ;Cauishana group *Cauishana / Kayuishana / Noll-hína - now spoken by a few families on the Tocantins River and on Lake Mapari, Amazonas. *Pariana - extinct language once spoken on the middle course of the Marauiá River. (Unattested.) ;Pre-Andine group *Campa / Anti / Atzíri / Thampa / Kuruparia - spoken on the Urubamba River and Ucayali River, department of Cuzco, Peru. *Machiganga / Ugunichire / Mashigango - spoken in the department of Cuzco on the Mantaro River, Apurimac River, Urubamba River, and
Paucartambo River Paucartambo may refer to: * Paucartambo Province Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colo(u)red '' tambo''") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Boundaries * North: Madre ...
. Dialects are: **Chanchamayo - spoken on the Perené River. **Catongo - spoken on the Tambo River. **Machiringa - spoken on the Apurimac River and Ene River. (Unattested.) *Piro / Simirinche - spoken in the department of Loreto on the Inuya River. *Chontaquiro - spoken on the Iaco River, Caeté River, and
Chandless River Chandless River is a river of Peru and the Acre state in western Brazil, named after the British explorer William Chandless. It is a tributary of the Purus River The river originates in Peru. After crossing the border into Brazil it flows in a ...
, territory of Acre, Brazil. *Mashco / Sirineiri / Moeno - spoken on the Pilcopata River, department of Madre de Dios, Peru. *Curia - spoken on the Murú River and Embira River, Acre, now perhaps extinct. (Unattested.) *Quirineri - spoken on the
Paucartambo River Paucartambo may refer to: * Paucartambo Province Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colo(u)red '' tambo''") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Boundaries * North: Madre ...
and Manu River, department of Cuzco (Oppenheim 1948). *Maneteneri - extinct language from the Purus River, Aquirí River, Caspatá River, and Araçá River, Acre territory. *Inapari / Mashco Piro - spoken between the Tacutimani River and Amigo River, department of Madre de Dios, now perhaps extinct. *Huachipairi - extinct language once spoken on the Cosñipata River and Pilcopata River, department of Madre de Dios. *Kushichineri / Cushitineri - spoken in Acre territory on the Curumaha River by a small tribe. *Cuniba - extinct language once spoken between the Juruazinho River and
Jutaí River The Jutaí River ( pt, Rio Jutaí) is a river in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. Course The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The Jutaí river runs northeast before reaching its mouth on the southern bank o ...
and on the
Mapuá River The Mapuá River ( pt, Rio Mapuá) is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Aramá River. Course The Mapuá River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins Toca ...
, state of Amazonas. *Puncuri - spoken on the Puncuri River, Acre. (Unattested.) *Kanamare / Canamirim - spoken in the same territory on the Acre, Irariapé River and Abuña River, now probably extinct. *Epetineri - once spoken on the Pijiria River, tributary of the Urubamba River, Peru. (Unattested.) *Pucapucari - once spoken on the Camisia River and Tunquini River, Peru. (Unattested.) *Tucurina - spoken by a few individuals on the Igarapé Cuchicha River, a tributary of the
Chandless River Chandless River is a river of Peru and the Acre state in western Brazil, named after the British explorer William Chandless. It is a tributary of the Purus River The river originates in Peru. After crossing the border into Brazil it flows in a ...
, Acre. (Unattested.) ;Ipurina group *Ipurina / Apurimã / Kangiti - spoken along the Purus River from the mouth of the Sepatiní River to the mouth of the
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, Amazonas. *Casharari - spoken by a little known tribe inhabiting the tropical forests between the Abuña River and
Ituxí River Ituxi River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Purus River. Course The Ituxi River is in length. It originates near Acrelândia in the state of Acre. It is a blackwater river that flows through the ...
and on the tributaries, Curequeta River and Iquirí River, in Acre. (Unattested.) ;Apolista group *Apolista / Lapachu / Aguachile - extinct language once spoken in the old mission of Apolobamba, province of La Paz, Bolivia. ;Mojo group *Mojo / Ignaciano / Morocosi - spoken on the
Mamoré River The Mamoré is a large river in Brazil and Bolivia which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is kno ...
and on the plains of Mojos, Beni province, Bolivia. *Baure / Chiquimiti - spoken on the Blanco River and around the city of
Baures Baures is a village in Iténez Province, Beni Department, in northern Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the ...
in the same region. *Muchojeone - extinct language once spoken at the old mission El Carmen in Beni province, Bolivia. *Suberiono - extinct language once spoken west of the
Mamoré River The Mamoré is a large river in Brazil and Bolivia which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is kno ...
and the Guapay River, Bolivia. (Unattested.) *Pauna - extinct language once spoken at the sources of the
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, Santa Cruz province, Bolivia. *Paicone - extinct language from the sources of the Paragúa River, Santa Cruz province, Bolivia. ;Paresi group *Sarave / Zarabe - spoken on the Verde River and Paragúa River, Santa Cruz province, Bolivia, now perhaps extinct. *Parecí / Arití / Maimbari / Mahibarez - language with dialects: **Caxinití - spoken on the Sumidouro River, Sepotuba River, and Sucuriú River, Mato Grosso, Brazil. **Waimaré - spoken in Mato Grosso on the Verde River and Timalatía River. **Kozariní / Pareci-Cabixi - spoken in Mato Grosso on the
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, Cabaçal River, Jaurú River, Guaporé River, Verde River, Papagaio River, Burití River, and
Juruena River The Juruena River ( pt, Rio Juruena) is a long river in west-central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso. Course The Juruena originates in the Parecis plateau. Within Mato Grosso the river defines the eastern boundary of the Igarapés do Jurue ...
. **Uariteré - spoken on the
Pimenta Bueno River The Pimenta Bueno River is a river of Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is t ...
, territory of Rondônia. (Unattested.) ;Chané group *Chané / Izoceño - formerly spoken on the Itiyuro River, Salta province, Argentina, but now the tribe speaks only a language of the Tupi stock and the old language serves only for religious ceremonies. (only a few words.) *Guaná / Layano - once spoken on the Yacaré River and
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, Paraguay, now on the
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, Mato Grosso, Brazil. *Terena - spoken in Mato Grosso on the
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and Jijui River. *Echoaladí / Choarana - extinct language once spoken in Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) *Quiniquinao / Equiniquinao - once spoken near Albuquerque, now by only a few families on the Posto Cachoeirinha near
Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul Miranda is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paul ...
. ;Waurá group *Waurá - spoken on the Batoví River (a tributary of the Xingú River) Mato Grosso. *Kustenáu - spoken in the same region, Mato Grosso, on the Batoví River and
Jatobá River The Jatobá River is a river of Ceará state in eastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Ceará List of rivers in Ceará (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented unde ...
*Yaulapíti / Yawarapiti / Ualapiti - spoken between the Meinacu River and
Curisevú River The Curisevo River (or Curisevú River) is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It flows through the Xingu Indigenous Park The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a nat ...
, Mato Grosso. *Mehináku / Meinacu / Mináko - spoken between the Batoví River and
Curisevú River The Curisevo River (or Curisevú River) is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It flows through the Xingu Indigenous Park The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a nat ...
. *Agavotocueng - spoken by an unknown tribe between the
Curisevú River The Curisevo River (or Curisevú River) is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It flows through the Xingu Indigenous Park The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a nat ...
and
Culuene River The Culuene River, or Kuluene River is a 600 km tributary of Xingu River in Mato Grosso, a state in western Brazil. The main economic activities in the region are agriculture and cattle farming. It joins the Xingu from the southeast in the X ...
. (Unattested.) ;Marawan group *Marawan / Maraon - spoken on the
Oiapoque River The Oyapock or Oiapoque (; ; ) is a long river in South America that forms most of the border between the French overseas department of French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá. Course The Oyapock runs through the Guianan moist for ...
and Curipi River, Amapá territory. *Caripurá / Karipuere - spoken in Amapá territory on the Urucauá River. *Palicur / Parikurú - once spoken on the middle course of the Calçoene River and on the upper course of the Casipore River, now on the Urucauá River in Amapá territory. *Caranariú - once spoken on the Urucauá River, now extinct. (Unattested.) *Tocoyene - once spoken in Amapá territory on the Uanarí River. (Unattested.) *Macapá - once spoken on the Camopi River and Yaroupi River, French Guiana, later on the upper course of the Pará River, state of Pará, Brazil; now perhaps extinct. (Unattested.) *Tucujú - once spoken on the Jarí River, territory of Amapá, now perhaps extinct. (Unattested.) *Mapruan - once spoken on the Oiac River, territory of Amapá. (Unattested.) ;Aruan group *Aruan / Aroã - originally spoken on the north coast of
Marajó Island Marajó () is a large coastal island in the Pará, state of Pará, Brazil. It is the main and largest of the islands in the Marajó Archipelago. Marajó Island is separated from the mainland by Marajó Bay, Pará River, smaller rivers (especi ...
, Pará, later on the
Uaçá River Uaçá River is a river of Amapá state in Brazil. It is a tributary of the Oiapoque River The Oyapock or Oiapoque (; ; ) is a long river in South America that forms most of the border between the French overseas department of French Guia ...
, Amapá territory. A few descendants now speak only a French creole dialect. *Sacaca - extinct language once spoken in the eastern part of
Marajó Island Marajó () is a large coastal island in the Pará, state of Pará, Brazil. It is the main and largest of the islands in the Marajó Archipelago. Marajó Island is separated from the mainland by Marajó Bay, Pará River, smaller rivers (especi ...
. ;Moríque group *Moríque / Mayoruna - spoken on the border of Brazil and Peru, on the Javarí River. ;Chamicuro group *Chamicuro - spoken on the Chamicuro River, department of Loreto, Peru. *Chicluna - extinct language once spoken in the same region east of the Aguano tribe. (Unattested.) *Aguano / Awáno - extinct language of a tribe that lived on the lower course of the Huallaga River. The descendants, in the villages of San Lorenzo, San Xavier, and Santa Cruz, now speak only Quechua. (Unattested.) *Maparina - once spoken in the same region on the lower course of the Ucayali River and at the old mission of Santiago. (Unattested.) *Cutinana - once spoken on the Samiria River, Loreto. (Unattested.) *Tibilo - once spoken in San Lorenzo village, Loreto region. (Unattested.) ;Lorenzo group *Amoishe / Amlsha / Amuescha / Amage / Lorenzo - once spoken on the
Paucartambo River Paucartambo may refer to: * Paucartambo Province Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colo(u)red '' tambo''") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Boundaries * North: Madre ...
and
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, department of Cuzco, Peru; now mainly Quechua is spoken. *Chunatahua - once spoken at the mouth of the Chinchao River, department of Huánuco, Peru. (Unattested.) *Panatahua - spoken in the same region on the right bank of the Huallaga River between Coyumba and Monzón, now perhaps extinct. (Unattested.) *Chusco - once spoken in the same region as Panatahua near
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. (Unattested.) ;Guahibo group *Guahibo - language spoken by many tribes in Colombia and Venezuela on the Meta River, Arauca River, Vichada River, and Orinoco River. *Dialects: *Cuiloto - spoken on the Cuiloto River and Cravo Norte River, Arauca territory, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Cuiva - spoken on the Meta River, Vichada territory, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Amorúa - spoken in the same region on the
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. (Unattested.) *Chiricoa - spoken on the Ele River and Lipa River, department of Arauca, on the Cravo Norte River and Arauca River, Arauca territory, Colombia, and on the Cinaruquito River, Cinamco River,
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, and Arichuna River, state of Apure, Venezuela. (Hildebrandt ms.) *Sicuane - spoken on the Tuparro River, Vichada territory, Colombia. (Unattested.) *Cuiapo Pihibi - spoken on the Tomo River, Vichada territory. (Unattested.) *Yamu - spoken on the right bank of the
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, Meta territory. (Unattested.) *Catarro - spoken in the Meta territory on the Yucavo River and in the old mission of San Miguel de Salivas. (Unattested.) *Chumya / Bisanigua - language, now probably extinct, once spoken on the
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and in
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. *Guayabero / Guyaverun - spoken in the Meta territory on the
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.


Arawakan vs. Maipurean

In 1783, the Italian priest
Filippo Salvatore Gilii Filippo Salvatore Gilii (Spanish: Felipe Salvador Gilij) (1721–1789) was an Italian Jesuit priest who lived in the Province of Venezuela (in present day central Venezuela) on the Orinoco River. Gilii is a highly celebrated figure in early South ...
recognized the unity of the
Maipure language Maipure (Maypure, Mejepure), was a language once spoken along the Ventuari, Sipapo, and Autana rivers of Amazonas and, as a lingua franca, in the Upper Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its draina ...
of the Orinoco and Moxos of Bolivia; he named their family ''Maipure''. It was renamed ''Arawak'' by Von den Steinen (1886) and Brinten (1891) after
Arawak The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Greate ...
in the Guianas, one of the major languages of the family. The modern equivalents are ''Maipurean'' or ''Maipuran'' and ''Arawak'' or ''Arawakan''. The term ''Arawakan'' is now used in two senses. South American scholars use ''Aruák'' for the family demonstrated by Gilij and subsequent linguists. In North America, however, scholars have used the term to include a hypothesis adding the
Guajiboan Guajiboan (also Guahiban, Wahívoan, Guahiboan) is a language family spoken in the Orinoco River region in eastern Colombia and southwestern Venezuela, a savanna region known as the Llanos. Family division Guajiboan consists of 5 languages: * ...
and Arawan families. In North America, scholars use the name ''Maipurean'' to distinguish the core family, which is sometimes called ''core Arawak(an)'' or ''Arawak(an) proper'' instead. Kaufman (1990: 40) relates the following:
he Arawakan He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
name is the one normally applied to what is here called Maipurean. Maipurean used to be thought to be a major subgroup of Arawakan, but all the ''living'' Arawakan languages, at least, seem to need to be subgrouped with languages already found within Maipurean as commonly defined. The sorting out of the labels Maipurean and Arawakan will have to await a more sophisticated classification of the languages in question than is possible at the present state of comparative studies.


Characteristics

The languages called Arawakan or Maipurean were originally recognized as a separate group in the late nineteenth century. Almost all the languages now called Arawakan share a first-person singular prefix ''nu-'', but Arawak proper has ''ta-''. Other commonalities include a second-person singular ''pi-'', relative ''ka-'', and negative ''ma-''. The Arawak language family, as constituted by L. Adam, at first by the name of Maypure, has been called by Von den Steinen "Nu-Arawak" from the prenominal prefix "nu-" for the first person. This is common to all the Arawak tribes scattered along the coasts from Suriname to Guyana. Upper Paraguay has Arawakan-language tribes: the ''Quinquinaos'', the ''Layanas'', etc. (This is the ''Moho-Mbaure'' group of L. Quevedo). In the islands of Marajos, in the middle of the estuary of the Amazon, the ''Aruan'' people spoke an Arawak dialect. The peninsula of Goajira (north of
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) is occupied by the Goajires tribe, also Arawakan speakers. In 1890–95, De Brette estimated a population of 3,000 persons in the Goajires. C. H. de Goeje's published vocabulary of 1928 outlines the Lokono/Arawak (Suriname and Guyana) 1400 items, comprising mostly morphemes (stems, affixes) and morpheme partials (single sounds), and only rarely compounded, derived, or otherwise complex sequences; and from Nancy P. Hickerson's ''British Guiana'' manuscript vocabulary of 500 items. However, most entries which reflect acculturation are direct borrowings from one or another of three model languages (Spanish, Dutch, English). Of the 1400 entries in de Goeje, 106 reflect European contact; 98 of these are loans. Nouns which occur with the verbalizing suffix described above number 9 out of the 98 loans.


Phonology

Though a great deal of variation can be found from language to language, the following is a general composite statement of the consonants and vowels typically found in Arawak languages, according to Aikhenvald (1999): For more detailed notes on specific languages see Aikhenvald (1999) pp. 76–77.


Shared morphological traits


General morphological type

Arawakan languages are polysynthetic and mostly head-marking. They have fairly complex verb morphology. Noun morphology is much less complex and tends to be similar across the family. Arawakan languages are mostly suffixing, with just a few prefixes.


Alienable and inalienable possession

Arawakan languages tend to distinguish alienable and inalienable possession. A feature found throughout the Arawakan family is a suffix (whose reconstructed Proto-Arawakan form is /*-tsi/) that allows the inalienable (and obligatorily possessed) body-part nouns to remain unpossessed.Aikhenvald (1999), p. 82. This suffix essentially converts inalienable body-part nouns into alienable nouns. It can only be added to body-part nouns and not to kinship nouns (which are also treated as inalienable). An example from the Pareci language is given below: : :


Classifiers

Many Arawakan languages have a system of classifier morphemes that mark the semantic category of the head noun of a noun phrase on most other elements of the noun phrase.Aikhenvald (1999), p. 83. The example below is from the Tariana language, in which classifier suffixes mark the semantic category of the head noun on all elements of a noun phrase other than the head noun (including adjectives, numerals, demonstratives, possessives) and on the verb of the clause: : :


Subject and object cross-referencing on the verb

Most Arawakan languages have split-intransitive alignment systems of subject and object cross-referencing on the verb. The agentive arguments of both transitive and intransitive verbs are marked with prefixes, whereas the patientive arguments of both transitive and intransitive verbs are marked with suffixes. The following example from Baniwa of Içana shows a typical Arawakan split-intransitive alignment: : : : The prefixes and suffixes used for subject and object cross-referencing on the verb are stable throughout the Arawakan languages, and can therefore be reconstructed for Proto-Arawakan. The table below shows the likely forms of Proto-Arawakan:


Some examples

The Arawak word for corn is ''marisi,'' and various forms of this word are found among the related languages: :
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, ''marisi'', Guyana. :
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, ''mahisi'', Greater Antilles. : Cauixana, ''mazy'', Rio Jupura. : Wayuu, ''maikki'', Goajira Peninsula. : Passes, ''mary'', Lower Jupura. :
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, ''maky'', Rio Paraiba. :
Wauja The Waura or Wauja (waujá) are an indigenous people of Brazil. Their language, Waura, is an Arawakan language. They live in the region near the Upper Xingu River, in the Xingu Indigenous Park, and had a population of 487 in 2010. History The W ...
, ''mainki'', Upper Xingu River.


Geographic distribution

Arawak is the largest family in the Americas with the respect to number of languages. The Arawakan languages are spoken by peoples occupying a large swath of territory, from the eastern slopes of the central
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in
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and
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, across the
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of
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, northward into
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,
Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
,
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,
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,
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and
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on the northern coast of South America, and as far north as
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,
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,
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and
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. The languages used to be found in
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and
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as well. Arawak-speaking peoples migrated to islands in the Caribbean some 2,500 years ago, settling the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. It is possible that some poorly attested extinct languages in North America, such as the languages of the Cusabo and Congaree in South Carolina, were members of this family.
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, commonly called Island Arawak, was spoken on the islands of
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,
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,
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, and the
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. A few Taino words are still used by
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, Spanish, or Haitian Creole-speaking descendants in these islands. The Taíno language was scantily attested but its classification within the Arawakan family is uncontroversial. Its closest relative among the better attested Arawakan languages seems to be the Wayuu language, spoken in Colombia and Venezuela. Scholars have suggested that the Wayuu are descended from Taíno
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s, but the theory seems impossible to prove or disprove. Garífuna (or Black Carib) is another Arawakan language originating on the islands. It developed as the result of forced migration among people of mixed Arawak, Carib, and African descent. It is estimated to have about 195,800 speakers in
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,
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,
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and
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combined. Today the Arawakan languages with the most speakers are among the more recent ''Ta-''Arawakan (''Ta-''Maipurean) groups: Wayuu oajiro with about 300,000 speakers; and
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, with about 100,000 speakers. The Campa group is next; Asháninca or Campa proper has 15–18,000 speakers; and Ashéninca 18–25,000. After that probably comes Terêna, with 10,000 speakers; and Yanesha' mueshawith 6–8,000.


Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Arawakan languages.


Proto-language

Proto-Arawak reconstructions by Aikhenvald (2002):Aikhenvald, A. (2002). Language contact in Amazonia. Oxford University Press. Accessed fro
DiACL
9 February 2020.
For lists of Proto-Arawakan reconstructions by Jolkesky (2016) and Ramirez (2019),Ramirez, Henri (2019).
Enciclopédia das línguas arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados
'. (in press)
see the corresponding Portuguese article.


See also

*
Arawak peoples The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Greate ...
* English words of Arawakan origin * Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas


Notes


References

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"Pre-Columbian Links to the Caribbean: Evidence Connecting Cusabo to Taino"
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Further reading

* Campbell, Lyle. (1997). ''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America''. New York: Oxford University Press. . * Derbyshire, Desmond C. (1992). Arawakan languages. In W. Bright (Ed.), ''International encyclopedia of linguistics'' (Vol. 1, pp. 102–105). New Oxford: Oxford University Press. * Migliazza, Ernest C.; & Campbell, Lyle. (1988). ''Panorama general de las lenguas indígenas en América'' (pp. 223). Historia general de América (Vol. 10). Caracas: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. * Payne, David. (1991). A classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) languages based on shared lexical retentions. In D. C. Derbyshire & G. K. Pullum (Eds.), ''Handbook of Amazonian languages'' (Vol. 3, pp. 355–499). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. * Solís Fonseca, Gustavo. (2003). Lenguas en la amazonía peruana. Lima: edición por demanda. * Zamponi, Raoul. (2003). Maipure, Munich: Lincom Europa. . ;Lexicons *Cadete, C. (1991). Dicionário Wapichana-Português/Português-Wapishana. São Paulo: Edições Loyola. *Captain, D. M.; Captain, L. B. (2005). Diccionario Basico: Ilustrado; Wayuunaiki-Espanol ; Espanol-Wayuunaiki. Bogota: Edit. Fundación para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Marginados. *Corbera Mori, A. (2005). As línguas Waurá e Mehinakú do Brasil Central. In: A. S. A. C. Cabral & S. C. S. de Oliveira (eds.), Anais do IV Congresso Internacional da ABRALIN, 795-804. Brasília: Associação Brasileira de Lingüística, Universidade de Brasília. *Couto, F. P. (2012). Contribuições para a fonética e fonologia da língua Manxineru (Aruák). Brasília: Universidade de Brasília. (Masters dissertation). *Couto, F. P. (n.d.). Dados do manxineri. (Manuscript). *Crevels, M.; Van Der Voort, H. (2008). The Guaporé-Mamoré region as a linguistic area. In: P. Muysken (ed.), From linguistic areas to areal linguistics (Studies in Language Companion Series, 90), 151-179. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. *de Créqui-Montfort, G.; Rivet, P. (1913b). Linguistique Bolivienne: La langue Lapaču ou Apolista. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 45:512-531. *de Créqui-Montfort, G.; Rivet, P. (1913c). Linguistique bolivienne. La langue Saraveka. Journal de la Sociétè des Americanistes de Paris, 10:497-540. *Dixon, R. M. W.; Aikhenvald, A. (eds.) (1999). The Amazonian Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *Duff-Tripp, M. (1998). Diccionario: Yanesha' (Amuesha) - Castellano. (Serie Lingüística Peruana, 47.) Lima: Inst. Lingüístico de Verano. *Ekdahl, E. M.; Butler, N. E. (1969). Terêna dictionary. Brasília: SIL. ELIAS ORTIZ, S. (1945). Los Indios Yurumanguíes. Acta Americana, 4:10-25. *Facundes, S. Da S. (2000). The Language of the Apurinã People of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). University of New York at Buffalo. (Doctoral dissertation). *Farabee, W. C. (1918). The Central Arawaks (University Museum Anthropological Publication, 9). Philadelphia: University Museum. *Fargetti, C. M. (2001). Estudo Fonológico e Morfossintático da Língua Juruna. Campinas: UNICAMP. (Doctoral dissertation). *Gill, W. (1993
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External links


Arawak Languages - Linguistics - Oxford Bibliographies

South American Phonological Inventory Database
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