Baniwa language
| Baniwa | |
|---|---|
| Karu | |
| Tapuya | |
| Native to | Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Baniwa people |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2001–2007)[1] |
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Arawakan
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| Dialects |
Carútana-Baniwa
Hohôdene (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 |
| Glottolog |
bani1255 (Baniwa)[2]curr1243 (Curripaco)[3] |
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.[4]
References
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Baniwa language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- ↑ Baniwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Curripako at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baniwa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Curripaco". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
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