Baniwa language
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Not to be confused with Baniwa of Guainia.
| Baniwa | |
|---|---|
| Karu | |
| Tapuya | |
| Native to | Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Baniwa people |
Native speakers |
unknown (6,000 Baniwa cited 1983)[1] 13,000 Curripako (2001) |
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Arawakan
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| Dialects |
Carútana-Baniwa
Hohodené (Katapolitana)
Siusy-Tapuya (Seuci)
Ipeka-Tapuia
Curripaco (Karupaka)
Unhun (Katapolitana, Enhen)
Waliperi
Mapanai
Moriwene
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: bwi – Baniwa kpc – Curripako |
Baniwa (Baniva), or Karu, or in older sources Itayaine (Iyaine), is an Arawakan language spoken in Colombia, Venezuela, and Amazonas, Brazil.
Aikhenvald (1999) considers the three main varieties to be dialects; Kaufman (1994) considers them to be distinct languages, in a group he calls "Karu". They are:
- Baniwa of Içana (Baniua do Içana)
- Curripaco (Kurripako, Ipeka-Tapuia-Curripako)
- Katapolítani-Moriwene-Mapanai (Catapolitani, Kadaupuritana)
Various (sub)dialects of all three are called Tapuya. All are spoken by the Baniwa people. Ruhlen lists all as "Izaneni"; Greenberg's Adzánani (= Izaneni) presumably belongs here.
Baniwa has an active–stative syntax.[2]
References
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Baniwa language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- ↑ Baniwa reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Curripako reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) - ↑ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
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