Arawakan languages

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The Arawakan languages are one of the largest and most widespread Indigenous language families of the Americas, historically spoken across much of South America and the Caribbean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family
language family
alternativeName Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages

Maipuran languages
Maipurean languages
Maipurean–Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
continent North America
South America
country Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Venezuela
familyColor American
hasLanguage Achagua language
Amuesha language
Apolista language
Apurinã language
Arawak language
linked to: Arawakan languages

Asháninka language
Ashéninka language
Baniwa language
Baure language
Cabiyari language
Chané language
Ciboney language
Enawené-Nawé language
Garifuna language
linked to: Garifuna

Ignaciano language
linked to: Resígaro language

Island Carib language
linked to: Carib languages

Iñapari language
Kinikinau language
linked to: Tariana language

Kulina of Envira language
Kurripako language
Lokono Arawak language
linked to: Lokono language

Lokono language
Lucayan Taíno language
Machiguenga language
linked to: Asháninka language

Mandawaka language
Mehináku language
Moxo language
Nanti language
Palikur language
Paresí language
Piapoco language
Piro language
Resígaro language
Tariana language
Taíno language
linked to: Taíno

Terena language
Trinitario language
Wapishana language
Warekena language
Wauja language
Waurá language
Wayuu language
Yaneshaʼ language
Yavitero language
Yawalapití language
Yine language
Yucuna language
historicalDistribution Caribbean islands
much of South America
parts of Central America
languageBranchOf Indigenous languages of the Americas
languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
notableLanguage Asháninka language
Baniwa language
Garifuna language
linked to: Garifuna

Lokono language
Wayuu language
region Amazon Basin
Andes foothills
Caribbean
Central America
Gran Chaco
Orinoco Basin
status many languages endangered
several languages extinct
some languages still vigorously spoken
subfamily Campan subgroup
Caribbean Arawakan subgroup
linked to: Arawakan languages

Central Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages

Northern Arawakan languages
Paresí–Xingu subgroup
Southern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages

Upper Amazon subgroup
writingSystem Latin script

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Taíno languageFamily Arawakan languages
Papiamento hasInfluenceFrom Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages alternativeName Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages alternativeName Maipurean–Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages subfamily Southern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages subfamily Central Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages subfamily Caribbean Arawakan subgroup
linked to: Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages hasLanguage Arawak language
linked to: Arawakan languages
Kwéyòl hasSubstrateLanguage Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Garifuna subfamily Northern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Garifuna alsoKnownAs Black Carib language
linked to: Arawakan languages
Indigenous peoples of the Americas languageFamily Arawakan languages
Moxeño people languageFamily Arawakan languages
Moxeño languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Moxeño subfamily Southern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Patwa hasInfluenceFrom Arawakan languages
Paresí–Xingu subgroup subclassOf Arawakan languages
Paresí–Xingu subgroup languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Paresí–Xingu subgroup closelyRelatedTo Southern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Lokono language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Lokono language subfamily Northern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Wayuu language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Baure language subfamily Southern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Paresí language languageBranch Northern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Apurinã language languageFamily Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
Resígaro language languageFamily Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
Resígaro language subfamily Northern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Wapishana language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Wapishana language subfamily Northern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Palikur language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Palikur language subfamily Northern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Yine language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Yine language subfamily Southern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Yavitero language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Yavitero language subfamily Northern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
Yavitero language belongsToPhylum Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Mehináku language languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Apolista language subclassOf Arawakan languages
Achagua language languageFamily Arawakan languages
Warekena language family Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
Warekena language subfamily Northern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Warekena language languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Kulina of Envira language languageFamily Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
Yaneshaʼ language family Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
Maipurean languages subclassOf Arawakan languages
Maipurean languages partOf Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
Maipurean languages languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
Maipurean languages member Arawak language
linked to: Arawakan languages