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Kariaí language

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Kariaí
Cariyai
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima[1]
Extinct(date missing)
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qce Kariaí
 qrs Kariay
Glottologcari1280

Kariaí (Cariyai) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. Kaufman (1994)[full citation needed] placed it in his Manao (Middle Rio Negro) branch, but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).[full citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Campbell, Lyle. 1997. American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America, 180-181. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195094271