Paresi–Waura languages

The Pareci–Xingu languages, also known as Paresi–Waura or Central Maipurean, are Maipurean / Arawakan languages of the Bolivian and western Brazilian Amazon.

Pareci–Xingu
Central Maipurean
Geographic distribution	Brazil, Bolivia
Linguistic classification	Arawakan Southern ? Pareci–Xingu
Subdivisions	Paresi group Waura group
Language codes
Glottolog	cent2226

Languages

Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:

• Pareci–Xingu
  • Paresí group
    • Paresí also known as Parecís, Haliti
    • Saraveca also known as Sarave †
  • Waurá group
    • Waura–Mehináku also known as Wauja, Meinaku
    • Yawalapiti also known as Jaulapiti
    • Kustenau also known as Kustenaú †

More recent works by Fabre (2005) as well as Brandão and Facundes (2007) include Enawene Nawe in a subgroup with Paresí.^[1]