Ta-Arawakan languages

The Ta-Arawakan languages, aka Ta-Maipurean and Caribbean, are the indigenous languages of the Caribbean Sea parts of northern South America. They are distinguished by the use of ta- rather than common Maipurean / Arawakan na- for the pronoun "I".

Languages

Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:

• Taíno
• Guajiro aka Wahiro
  • Wayuu aka Guajiro, Wahiro
  • Paraujano aka Parauhano (†)
  • Arawák aka Lokono
• Iñeri aka Inyeri
  • Kalhíphona aka Island Carib (†)
  • Garífuna aka Black Carib

Aikhenvald adds Shebayo, which Kaufman had left unclassified, and removes Iñeri from Ta-Arawakan proper:

Caribbean Arawakan

• Iñeri aka Inyeri
  • Kalhíphona aka Island Carib (†)
  • Garífuna aka Black Carib
• Ta-Arawakan
  • Taino
  • Wayyu aka Guajiro
  • Parauhano aka Añun (†)
  • Arawak aka Lokono
  • Shebayo
  • Caquetio