Waraikú language explained

Waraikú
Also Known As:Araikú
States:Brazil
Region:Solimões and Jutaí rivers
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Arawakan
Fam2:Northern
Fam3:Upper Amazonian
Fam4:(unclassified)
Glotto:arai1239
Glottorefname:Araicu
Era:attested 1867
Ref:[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp . Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius . Wörtersammlung Brasilianischer Sprachen . 9781012121358.
  2. Book: The Amazonian languages . 2006 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-57893-6 . Dixon . Robert M. W. . Digitally printed 1st pbk. version . Cambridge language surveys . Cambridge ; New York . Aĭkhenvalʹd . A. I︠U︡.