Geographicdistribution western Amazon | Glottolog ticu1244 | |
Linguistic classification One of the world's primary language families Subdivisions TïcunaYuri †? Carabayo |
Ticuna–Yuri is a small family, perhaps even a dialect continuum, consisting of at least two, and perhaps three, known languages of South America: the major western Amazonian language Ticuna, the poorly attested and extinct Yurí, and the scarcely known language of the largely uncontacted Carabayo. Kaufman (1990, 1994) argues that the connection between the two is convincing even with the limited information available. Carvalho (2009) presented "compelling" evidence for the family (Campbell & Grondona 2012).
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