Home›South American Language Families›Arawakan›All ArawakanBrowse ByAll ArawakanThis group collects South American Language Families subcategory members belonging to the Arawakan (Maipurean) family, one of the most geographically widespread indigenous language families of South America, with branches historically spoken from the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela south through the Amazon basin into Bolivia and Paraguay. Members include documented languages such as Baniwa, Wapishana, Palikur, Tariana, Terena, Yanesha and the Campa (Kampan) languages, along with proposed higher groupings such as Macro-Arawakan. Placement follows each member's own live description identifying it as Arawakan or Maipurean, or, for Yanesha, the named Campbell classification where the description itself does not yet state the family.FactsAll ArawakanSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary RegionWell-attestedSouth America 1All ArawakanFilter Results80 entriesRegionAllBrazil, Bolivia (1)Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela (1)Northern Amazon (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil) (1)Peruvian and western Brazilian Amazon (1)Province of Moxos, Department of Beni, Bolivia (1)Speaker Count BandAll1.000000 (1)2.000000 (2)8.000000 (1)10.000000 (1)60.000000 (1)100.000000 (1)230.000000 (1)250.000000 (1)270.000000 (1)320.000000 (1)500.000000 (1)514.000000 (1)570.000000 (1)1800.000000 (1)2500.000000 (1)4000.000000 (1)4500.000000 (1)5000.000000 (1)6400.000000 (1)6500.000000 (1)9881.000000 (1)73567.000000 (1)190000.000000 (1)300000.000000 (1)In GroupAllArawakan (80)Macro-areaAllArawakan (80)BrowseCompareSelect all 80Achagua languageSouth American Language FamiliesAmarizana languageSouth American Language FamiliesAnauyá languageSouth American Language FamiliesApolista languageSouth American Language FamiliesApurina languageSouth American Language FamiliesArawakanSouth American Language FamiliesAroaqui languageSouth American Language FamiliesAruã languageSouth American Language FamiliesAsháninka languageSouth American Language FamiliesAshéninka languageSouth American Language FamiliesAtorada languageSouth American Language FamiliesAvane languageSouth American Language FamiliesBahuana languageSouth American Language FamiliesBaniwa of GuainíaSouth American Language FamiliesBaniwa of IcanaSouth American Language FamiliesBaure languageSouth American Language FamiliesCabiyari languageSouth American Language FamiliesCanamaré languageSouth American Language FamiliesCaquetio languageSouth American Language FamiliesCaquinte languageSouth American Language FamiliesCararí languageSouth American Language FamiliesChamicuro languageSouth American Language FamiliesEnawene Nawe languageSouth American Language FamiliesGarifuna languageSouth American Language FamiliesGuarequena languageSouth American Language FamiliesGuarú languageSouth American Language FamiliesGuinau languageSouth American Language FamiliesIgnaciano languageSouth American Language FamiliesInapari languageSouth American Language FamiliesKaishana languageSouth American Language FamiliesKariaí languageSouth American Language FamiliesKurripako languageSouth American Language FamiliesKustenau languageSouth American Language FamiliesLokono languageSouth American Language FamiliesMachinere languageSouth American Language FamiliesMainatari languageSouth American Language FamiliesMaipure languageSouth American Language FamiliesManao languageSouth American Language FamiliesMandahuaca languageSouth American Language FamiliesMarawá languageSouth American Language FamiliesMarawan languageSouth American Language FamiliesMashco Piro languageSouth American Language FamiliesMawayana languageSouth American Language FamiliesMehinaku languageSouth American Language FamiliesMepuri languageSouth American Language FamiliesMorique languageSouth American Language FamiliesMoxo languagesSouth American Language FamiliesMunichiSouth American Language FamiliesNadahupSouth American Language FamiliesNanti languageSouth American Language FamiliesNomatsiguenga languageSouth American Language FamiliesPalikur languageSouth American Language FamiliesParaujano languageSouth American Language FamiliesParesi languageSouth American Language FamiliesParesi-Waura languagesSouth American Language FamiliesPasé languageSouth American Language FamiliesPaunaka languageSouth American Language FamiliesPiapoco languageSouth American Language FamiliesPidjanan languagesSouth American Language FamiliesPiro languagesSouth American Language FamiliesPre-Andine languagesSouth American Language FamiliesSaraveca languageSouth American Language FamiliesTa-Arawakan languagesSouth American Language FamiliesTaíno languageSouth American Language FamiliesTariana languageSouth American Language FamiliesTerena languageSouth American Language FamiliesTrinitario languageSouth American Language FamiliesUpper Amazon Arawakan languagesSouth American Language FamiliesWainumá-Mariaté languageSouth American Language FamiliesWaraikú languageSouth American Language FamiliesWarekena Velha languageSouth American Language FamiliesWaurá languageSouth American Language FamiliesWayuu languageSouth American Language FamiliesWiriná languageSouth American Language FamiliesYabaâna languageSouth American Language FamiliesYaneshaʼ languageSouth American Language FamiliesYavitero languageSouth American Language FamiliesYawalapití languageSouth American Language FamiliesYine languageSouth American Language FamiliesYumana languageSouth American Language FamiliesSources1. Wikipedia: Arawakan Languagestier 2WikipediaLead section, first sentenceQuote, Lead section, first sentenceArawakan, also known as Maipurean (also Maipuran), is a language family spoken amongst various Indigenous peoples in South America.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.