Taranoan languages
Language group
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Taranoan | |
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Geographic distribution | Brazil, Suriname, Colombia |
Linguistic classification | Cariban
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Glottolog | tara1324 |
The Taranoan languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Brazil, Suriname, and Colombia.[1]
Languages
The Taranoan languages according to Sérgio Meira (2006) are:[2]: 169
- Taranoan
- Karihona (Carijona)
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- Akuriyó
- Tiriyó
With approximately 2,000 speakers, Tiriyó is the only language that is not close to extinction. Akuriyó and Karihona each have only a few elderly speakers left.
References
Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms at Appendix:Proto-Taranoan reconstructions
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Cariban languages
- Apingi
- Arara
- Bakairí
- Ikpéng
- Juma
- Pimenteira
- Yarumá
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Mapoyo–Tamanaku |
Taranoan |
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Italics indicate extinct languages
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