The Arikem languages of

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form a branch of the Tupian language family. They are Karitiâna and the extinct Kabixiana and Arikem.

Varieties

Below is a list of Arikém language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. * Arikém / Uitáte / Ahôpovo / Ariquemes – spoken on the

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River and

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, Rondônia. * Caritiana – spoken on the

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, Rondônia.

References

Tupian languages * {{tupian-lang-stub