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Taranoan languages
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| Taranoan | |
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| Geographic distribution | Brazil, Suriname, Colombia |
| Linguistic classification | Cariban
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| Glottolog | tara1324 |
The Taranoan languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Brazil, Suriname, and Colombia.[1]
Languages
[edit]The Taranoan languages according to Sérgio Meira (2006) are:[2]: 169
With approximately 2,000 speakers, Tiriyó is the only language that is not close to extinction. Akuriyó and Karihona each have only a few elderly speakers left. Two extinct Taranoan languages are also mentioned, Pauxi and the poorly known Patagón.[3][4]
References
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Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms at Appendix:Proto-Taranoan reconstructions
- ^ Meira, Sérgio. 1998. A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology. M.A. dissertation. Rice University.
- ^ Meira, Sérgio. 2006. A família lingüística Caribe (Karíb). Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas v.3, n.1/2, p.157-174. Brasília: FUNAI. (PDF)
- ^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Pauxi". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
- ^ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2026-01-14
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