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 entriesMacro-areaAllArawakan (80)Speaker Count BandAll0 (29)1 to 570 (18)24,600 to 795,000 (4)592 to 23,000 (16)RegionAllAmazonas (11)Amazonia (1)Bolivia (7)Brazil (25)Central America (1)Colombia (6)Guyana (2)Mato Grosso (2)North America (3)Peru (5)South America (30)Suriname (1)The Amazon Basin (1)The Caribbean (1)The Guianas (1)Trinidad and Tobago (1)Venezuela (14)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)Classification StatusAllEstablished (7)Number of LanguagesAll1 (40)2 (2)16 to 1,408 (1)3 to 5 (1)6 to 15 (3)In GroupAllArawakan (80)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 30Nomatsiguenga languageSouth American Language FamiliesPalikúr 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 FamiliesTerêna 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 Families← Previous12Sources1. 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.