Waraikú, also called 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) leave it unclassified within Northern Arawakan.
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1. Waraikú language (Wikipedia)
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Waraikú (Araikú) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language.
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