Harákmbut–Katukinan is a proposal linking the South American indigenous language families Harákmbut and Katukinan. There is reasonably good evidence that the two are related. Jolkesky (2011) also adds Arawan to the family.Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2011.
Arawá-Katukína-Harakmbet: correspondências fonológicas, morfológicas e lexicais
'. Encontro Internacional: Arqueologia e Linguística Histórica das Línguas Indígenas Sul-Americanas Brasília, 24 a 28 de outubro de 2011.

Family division

* Harákmbut ** Huachipaeri (also known as Huachipaire, Wacipaire) ** Amarakaeri * Katukinan ** Katukina-Kanamari (also known as Kanamarí) ** Katawixi (also known as Catawishi) * Arawan Jolkesky (2011) concludes Arawan is closer to Harákmbut than to Katukinan. Internal branching of the Arawá-Katukína-Harakmbet family according to Jolkesky (2011):

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with

Arawakan languages Arawakan (''Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper''), also known as Maipurean (also ''Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre''), is a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America. Branc ...

due to contact.

Vocabulary

The following table from Adelaar (2000) lists lexical cognates between Kanamari and Harákmbut:Adelaar, Willem F. H. 2000. Propuesta de un nuevo vínculo genético entre dos grupos lingüísticos indígenas de la Amazonía occidental: Harakmbut y Katukina. In Luis Miranda Esquerre (ed.), ''Actas del I Congreso de Lenguas Indígenas de Sudamérica'', 219-236. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma, Facultad de Lenguas Modernas, Departamento Académico de Humanidades. : For a list of cognates sets by Jolkesky (2011), see the corresponding Portuguese article.

References

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