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Waraikú language

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Waraikú
Araikú
Native toBrazil
RegionSolimõesandJutaírivers
Eraattested 1867[1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologarai1239

Waraikú(Araikú) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassifiedArawakan language.The only record of this language is in a wordlist published in 1867 byCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.Both Kaufman (1994) and Aikhenvald (1999)[2]leave it unclassified within Northern Arawakan.

References[edit]

  1. ^von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp.Wörtersammlung Brasilianischer Sprachen.ISBN9781012121358.
  2. ^Dixon, Robert M. W.; Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡, eds. (2006).The Amazonian languages.Cambridge language surveys (Digitally printed 1st pbk. version ed.). Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-57893-6.