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Macro Arawakan languages

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Glottolog:
  
None

Macro-Arawakan languages

Geographic distribution:
  
Widest geographical area of any language group in Latin America, see Geographic distribution.

Linguistic classification:
  
Proposed language family

Subdivisions:
  
Guajiboan Arawan Arawakan (Maipurean) sometimes others

Macro-Arawakan is a proposed language family of South America and the Caribbean centered on the Arawakan languages. Sometimes, the proposal is called Arawakan, and the central family is called Maipurean.

Proposals

Kaufman (1990) includes the following:

  • Arawakan (Maipurean)
  • Arawan
  • Guajiboan
  • Candoshi

    • Payne (1991) and Derbyshire (1992) have:

  • Arawakan (Maipurean)
  • Arawan
  • Guajiboan
  • Puquina
  • Harakmbet

    • References

    Macro-Arawakan languages Wikipedia
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