Kariaí language

Kariaí
Cariyai
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima[1]
Extinct(date missing)
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qce Kariaí
 qrs Kariay
Glottologcari1280

Kariaí (Cariyai) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. Kaufman (1994) placed it in his Manao (Middle Rio Negro) branch, but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Lyle. 1997. American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America, 180-181. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195094271
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