Macro-Warpean (or Macro-Huarpean) is a provisional proposal by Kaufman (1994) that connected the extinct Huarpe language with the previously connected
Muran and
Matanawí ''(Mura–Matanawí)''.
Morris Swadesh had included Huarpe in his
Macro-Jibaro proposal.
Language contact
For the Mura-Matanawi languages, Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the
Kwaza,
Taruma,
Katukina-Katawixi,
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 Greater ...
,
Jeoromitxi,
Tupi, and
Arawa language families due to contact.
Comparison
Comparison of basic vocabulary in
Matanawí and
Mura-Pirahã by Diego Valio Antunes Alves (2019: 86),
[Valio Antunes Alves, Diego. 2019. ''Langue matanawí: Description phonologique et proposition de classification linguistique''. M.A. dissertation, Université de la Sorbonne. 86 pp.] with data of both languages cited from
Curt Nimuendajú (1925):
[Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925]
As Tribus do Alto Madeira
''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'' XVII. 137-172.
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References
Indigenous languages of South America
Proposed language families
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