Kariaí | |
Also Known As: | Cariyai |
States: | Brazil |
Region: | Roraima[1] |
Extinct: | ? |
Familycolor: | American |
Fam1: | Arawakan |
Fam2: | Northern |
Fam3: | Upper Amazonian |
Fam4: | (unclassified) |
Iso3: | none |
Linglist: | qce |
Lingname: | Kariaí |
Linglist2: | qrs |
Lingname2: | Kariay |
Glotto: | cari1280 |
Glottorefname: | Cariay |
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).