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Ta-Arawakan languages
Arawakan languages of the Caribbean Sea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ta-Arawakan languages, also known as Ta-Maipurean and Caribbean, are the Indigenous Arawakan languages of the Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. They are distinguished by the first person pronominal prefix ta-, as opposed to common Arawakan na-.
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Kaufman (1994) provides the following subclassification:
- Caribbean Arawakan
- Taíno†
- Guajiro (Wahiro)
- Iñeri (Inyeri)
- Kalhíphona (Island Carib, modern Garífuna or Black Carib)
Aikhenvald adds Shebayo, which Kaufman had left unclassified, and removes Iñeri from Ta-Arawakan proper:
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Reconstructions of Proto-Lokono-Guajiro proposed by Captain (1991):[1]
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