Ta-Arawakan languages
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Ta-Arawakan | |
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Caribbean | |
Geographic distribution: |
Caribbean and Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast) |
Linguistic classification: | Arawakan
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Subdivisions: |
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Glottolog: | cari1281[1] |
The Ta-Arawakan languages, AKA Ta-Maipurean and Caribbean, are the indigenous languages of the Caribbean Sea parts of northern South America. They are distinguished by the use of ta- rather than common Maipurean / Arawakan na- for the pronoun "I".
Languages
Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:
- Taíno
- Guajiro AKA Wahiro
- Iñeri AKA Inyeri
- Kalhíphona AKA Island Carib (†)
- Garífuna AKA Black Carib
Aikhenvald adds Shebayo, which Kaufman had left unclassified, and removes Iñeri from Ta-Arawakan proper:
Caribbean Arawakan
- Iñeri AKA Inyeri
- Kalhíphona AKA Island Carib (†)
- Garífuna AKA Black Carib
- Ta-Arawakan
References
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