Kariaí language explained

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).

Notes and References

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