Macro-Warpean (or Macro-Huarpean) is a provisional proposal by Kaufman (1994) that connected the extinct
Huarpe language
Huarpe (''Warpe'') was a small language family of central Argentina (historic Cuyo Province) that consisted of at least two closely related languages. They are traditionally considered dialects, and include Allentiac language, Allentiac (Alyenti ...
with the previously connected
Muran and
Matanawí ''(Mura–Matanawí)''.
Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh ( ; January 22, 1909 – July 20, 1967) was an American linguist who specialized in comparative and historical linguistics, and developed his mature career at UNAM in Mexico. Swadesh was born in Massachusetts to Bessarabian Jewi ...
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. The term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to different Indigenous groups, from the Lokono of South America to the Taíno (Island Arawaks), w ...
,
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
Curt Unckel Nimuendajú (born Curt Unckel; 18 April 1883 – 10 December 1945) was a German-Brazilian people, Brazilian ethnologist, anthropologist, and writer. His works are fundamental for the understanding of the religion and cosmology of some ...
(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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