Ta-Arawakan languages

The Ta-Arawakan languages, also known as 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 also known as Wahiro
  • Wayuu also known as Guajiro, Wahiro
  • Paraujano also known as Parauhano (†)
  • Arawák also known as Lokono
• Iñeri also known as Inyeri
  • Kalhíphona also known as Island Carib (†)
  • Garífuna also known as Black Carib

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

Caribbean Arawakan

• Iñeri also known as Inyeri
  • Kalhíphona also known as Island Carib (†)
  • Garífuna also known as Black Carib
• Ta-Arawakan
  • Taíno
  • Wayuu also known as Guajiro
  • Parauhano also known as Añun (†)
  • Arawák also known as Lokono
  • Shebayo
  • Caquetio

References

1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Caribbean". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.