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Paresi-Waura languages

South American Language Families

The Paresi-Waura languages, also called the Pareci-Xingu or Central Maipurean languages, are a branch of the Arawakan, or Maipurean, family spoken across the Bolivian and western Brazilian Amazon. Linguist Terrence Kaufman's 1994 classification divides the branch into a Paresi group of Paresi and Saraveca and a Waura group of Waura-Mehinaku, Yawalapiti and Kustenau, while more recent work by Alain Fabre and by Sidney Facundes and Ana Vilacy Brandao places Enawene Nawe in a subgroup with Paresi.

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Region
Brazil, Bolivia 1
Speaker Count
2500 1
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1. Paresi-Waura languages
  • Infobox, region
    Brazil, Bolivia
  • Wikidata claim P1098
    2500
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