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Upper Amazon Arawakan languages information


Upper Amazonian Arawakan
Inland Northern Maipuran
Geographic
distribution
Northern Amazon
Linguistic classificationArawakan
  • Northern
    • Upper Amazonian Arawakan
Subdivisions
  • Western Nawiki
  • Eastern Nawiki
  • Central (Orinoco)
  • Manao
Glottologinla1264

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 Ramirez (2001), which includes a historical reconstruction as well.

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Upper Amazon Arawakan languages

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The Upper Amazon Maipurean languages, a.k.a. North Amazonian or Inland Northern Maipuran, are Arawakan languages of the northern Amazon in Colombia, Venezuela...

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Arawakan languages

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Shiriana language

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(Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had...

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Maipure language

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(Arawakan) language family.[citation needed] Kaufman (1994) gives its closest relatives as Yavitero and other languages of the Orinoco branch of Upper...

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Warekena language

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Xié, is an Arawakan language of Brazil and of Maroa Municipality in Venezuela, spoken near the Guainia River. It is one of several languages which go by...

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Indigenous languages of South America

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agglutinative languages that use many suffixes and a few prefixes, as is the case with Arawakan and Pano-Tacanan languages. Some language families use...

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Kawishana language

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Cawishana (Kawishana, Kaishana) is an Arawakan language, presumably extinct, of Brazil. A few speakers were reported in the 1950s, and today only one...

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Cariban languages

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The Cariban languages are a family of languages indigenous to north-eastern South America. They are widespread across northernmost South America, from...

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Languages of Peru

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Peru has many languages in use, with its official languages being Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Spanish has been in the country since it began being taught...

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List of unclassified languages of South America

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actually distinct languages, only an ethnic or regional name. Campbell & Grondona (2012:116–130) lists the following 395 languages of South America as...

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Karu language

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Karu, one of several languages called Baniwa (Baniva), or in older sources Itayaine (Iyaine), is an Arawakan language spoken in Guainía, Colombia, Venezuela...

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Barawana language

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languages; Aikhenvald, dialects of a single languages. (Marawá is not the same language as Marawán.) Baré is a generic name for a number of Arawakan languages...

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Warekena Velha language

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endangered Arawakan language most closely related to Mandahuaca. Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica, eds. (2012-01-27). The Indigenous Languages of South...

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Yucuna language

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(Jukuna), also known as Matapi, Yucuna-Matapi, and Yukunais, is an Arawakan language spoken in several communities along the Mirití-Paraná River in Colombia...

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Cabre language

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extinct Arawakan language of Colombia. Speakers lived along the Teviare and Zama rivers among speakers of Western Nawiki (Upper Amazonian) languages, but...

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Piapoco language

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Piapoco is an Arawakan language of Colombia and Venezuela. A "Ponares" language is inferred from surnames, and may have been Piapoco or Achagua. Piapoco...

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Mandawaca language

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Mandahuaca (Mandawaka) is an Arawakan language of Venezuela and formerly of Brazil. The number of speakers is not known; the most recent data was published...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Achawa language

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is an Arawakan language spoken in the Meta Department of Colombia, similar to Piapoco. It is estimated that 250 individuals speak the language, many of...

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List of languages by time of extinction

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history of the sprachraum. Extinct language Language death Lists of endangered languages Lists of extinct languages Last surviving native speaker; it is...

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Cabiyari language

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Cabiyarí (Caviyari) is an Arawakan language spoken along the Cananarí River in the Vaupes Region of Colombia in north western South America. The name...

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Language isolate

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explanation for language isolates is that they developed in isolation from other languages. This explanation mostly applies to sign languages that have arisen...

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List of indigenous languages of South America

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Yavita as alternative names for a single language.) Manao group Manao † Kariaí † Arawakan Upper-Amazon branch languages of uncertain grouping Waraikú † Yabaána...

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Xingu Indigenous Park

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the park (Upper Xingu) are: Arawakan languages Waurá Mehinaku Yawalapiti Cariban languages Kuikuro Matipu Nahukwa Kalapalo Tupian languages Aweti Kamayurá...

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Yawalapiti

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the Maipuran language family, which are Arawakan languages. Yawalapiti is related to the Waurá and Mehináku languages. Typical to Upper Xingu tribes,...

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Manao language

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Manao is a long-extinct Arawakan language of Brazil. The Manaos gave their name to the present-day city of Manaus, the capital city of the state of Amazonas...

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