Paresí–Xingu subgroup

E155576

Arawakan language subgroup language group

The Paresí–Xingu subgroup is a branch of the Arawakan language family comprising closely related indigenous languages spoken primarily in the Xingu and surrounding regions of Brazil.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Paresí-Xingu branch of Arawakan	1
Paresí–Xingu subgroup canonical	1
Proto-Paresí–Xingu	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arawakan language subgroup ⓘ language group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Arawakan languages ⓘ surface form: Southern Arawakan languages
endangermentStatus	several member languages endangered ⓘ some member languages moribund ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Central-West Region of Brazil ⓘ surface form: Central Brazil Xingu River ⓘ surface form: Xingu River basin
hasAlternativeName	Paresí–Xingu subgroup ⓘ surface form: Paresí-Xingu branch of Arawakan
hasFeature	Arawakan pronominal cross-referencing ⓘ complex system of verbal affixes ⓘ relatively simple nominal morphology ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ shared lexical innovations within Arawakan ⓘ shared phonological innovations within Arawakan ⓘ
hasMember	Custenau language ⓘ Enawené-Nawé language ⓘ Mehináku language ⓘ Paresí language ⓘ Saraveca language ⓘ Waurá language ⓘ Xingu Arawak languages ⓘ Yawalapiti language ⓘ
hasReferenceGrammarFor	Paresí language ⓘ Waurá language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
languageFamily	Arawakan languages ⓘ surface form: Arawakan
morphologyType	agglutinative ⓘ
partOf	Arawakan language family ⓘ
reconstructionFocus	Paresí–Xingu subgroup self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proto-Paresí–Xingu
spokenBy	Enawené-Nawé people ⓘ Mehináku people ⓘ Paresí people ⓘ Saraveca people ⓘ Xingu peoples ⓘ surface form: Waurá people Yawalapiti people ⓘ
spokenIn	Brazil ⓘ Mato Grosso ⓘ Upper Xingu region ⓘ Xingu Indigenous Park ⓘ
studiedBy	Amazonian linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Arawakan languages ⓘ Maipurean languages ⓘ
timeDepth	relatively shallow within Arawakan family ⓘ
typology	mostly head-marking ⓘ
wordOrder	SOV-dominant ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arawakan languages → subfamily → Paresí–Xingu subgroup ⓘ

Paresí–Xingu subgroup → hasAlternativeName → Paresí–Xingu subgroup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paresí-Xingu branch of Arawakan

Paresí–Xingu subgroup → reconstructionFocus → Paresí–Xingu subgroup self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Paresí–Xingu