Kariaí language

Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kariaí (Cariyai) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. It is documented in a wordlist by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in the 1810s.[2]

NativetoBrazil
Extinct19th century
Arawakan
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Kariaí
Cariyai
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima[1]
Extinct19th century
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qce Kariaí
 qrs Kariay
Glottologcari1280
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Classification

Kaufman (1994)[full citation needed] placed it in his Manao (Middle Rio Negro) branch, but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).[full citation needed]

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