Arawakan languages

E29016
indigenous language family language family

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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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Arawak languages 3
Arawak language 1
Arawakan 1

Statements (115)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Arawakan languages ⓘ
surface form: Arawak languages

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

Haiti ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Venezuela ⓘ
familyColor American ⓘ
hasLanguage Achagua language ⓘ
Amuesha language ⓘ
Apolista language ⓘ
Apurinã language ⓘ
Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arawak language

Asháninka language ⓘ
Ashéninka language ⓘ
Baniwa language ⓘ
Baure language ⓘ
Cabiyari language ⓘ
Chané language ⓘ
Ciboney language ⓘ
Enawené-Nawé language ⓘ
Garifuna ⓘ
surface form: Garifuna language

Resígaro language ⓘ
surface form: Ignaciano language

Carib languages ⓘ
surface form: Island Carib language

Enawené-Nawé language ⓘ
surface form: Iñapari language

Tariana language ⓘ
surface form: Kinikinau language

Kulina of Envira language ⓘ
Kurripako language ⓘ
Lokono language ⓘ
surface form: Lokono Arawak language

Lokono language ⓘ
Lucayan Taíno language ⓘ
Asháninka language ⓘ
surface form: Machiguenga language

Mandawaka language ⓘ
Mehináku language ⓘ
Moxo language ⓘ
Nanti language ⓘ
Palikur language ⓘ
Paresí language ⓘ
Piapoco language ⓘ
Piro language ⓘ
Resígaro language ⓘ
Tariana language ⓘ
Taíno ⓘ
surface form: Taíno language

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 languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arawakan
notableLanguage Asháninka language ⓘ
Baniwa language ⓘ
Garifuna ⓘ
surface form: Garifuna language

Lokono language ⓘ
Wayuu language ⓘ
region Amazon Basin ⓘ
Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
surface form: Andes foothills

Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Gran Chaco ⓘ
Orinoco Basin ⓘ
status many languages endangered ⓘ
several languages extinct ⓘ
some languages still vigorously spoken ⓘ
subfamily Campan subgroup ⓘ
Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean Arawakan subgroup

Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Arawakan languages

Northern Arawakan languages ⓘ
Paresí–Xingu subgroup ⓘ
Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Arawakan languages

Upper Amazon subgroup ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Garifuna → alsoKnownAs → Arawakan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Carib language
Arawakan languages → alternativeName → Arawakan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arawak languages
Arawakan languages → alternativeName → Arawakan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maipurean–Arawakan languages
Papiamento → hasInfluenceFrom → Arawakan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arawak languages
Arawakan languages → hasLanguage → Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arawak language
Kwéyòl → hasSubstrateLanguage → Arawakan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arawak languages
Arawakan languages → languageFamily → Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arawakan
Taíno → languageFamily → Arawakan languages ⓘ
Arawakan languages → subfamily → Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages → subfamily → Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages → subfamily → Arawakan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Arawakan subgroup
Garifuna → subfamily → Arawakan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Arawakan