Macro-Arawakan languages

Macro-Arawakan
Arawakan
(controversial)
Geographic
distribution
Widest geographical area of any language group in Latin America, see Geographic distribution.
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone
Arawakan languages (blue dots), Guajiboan languages (violet dots), and Arauan languages (green dots). Paler areas represent probable extension at the time of contact.

Macro-Arawakan is a proposed language family of South America and the Caribbean centered on the Arawakan languages.[1] Sometimes, the proposal is called Arawakan, and the central family is called Maipurean.

  1. ^ Michael, Lev (2021). "The Classification of South American Languages". Annual Review of Linguistics. 7 (1): 329–349. doi:10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030419. ISSN 2333-9683. S2CID 228877184.