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
  • Taíno
  • Wayuu AKA Guajiro
  • Parauhano AKA Añun (†)
  • Arawák AKA Lokono
  • Shebayo
  • Caquetio

References

1. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Caribbean". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.