Maipurean (Arawakan)
E638367
Maipurean (Arawakan) is a major branch of the Arawakan language family, comprising several indigenous languages historically spoken across parts of South America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maipurean (Arawakan) canonical | 2 |
| Piapoco (Arawak) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language subgroup
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Maipuran
ⓘ
Maipurean NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Macro-Arawakan (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Bolivia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
noun classification systems in some languages
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for some member languages) ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy | indigenous peoples of South America ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Achagua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amuesha NERFINISHED ⓘ Asháninka NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashéninka NERFINISHED ⓘ Baniwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Curripaco NERFINISHED ⓘ Machiguenga NERFINISHED ⓘ Nomatsiguenga NERFINISHED ⓘ Paresí NERFINISHED ⓘ Piapoco NERFINISHED ⓘ Resígaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tariana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wapishana NERFINISHED ⓘ Warekena NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanesha' NERFINISHED ⓘ Yavitero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphology | predominantly agglutinative ⓘ |
| partOf | Arawakan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Amazonian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazon Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orinoco Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| status |
many member languages endangered
ⓘ
some member languages extinct ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Northern Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | mostly SOV or SVO word order (depending on language) ⓘ |
| usedFor | reconstruction of Proto-Arawakan ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Piapoco (Arawak)