The Piaroa-Saliban languages, also known as the Saliban languages, are a small family of the middle Orinoco Basin, forming a linguistic island within an area of Venezuela and Colombia otherwise dominated by peoples of Cariban and Arawakan affiliation. The family comprises 11 languages, and some linguists have proposed a possible relationship to the Duho languages, though this remains unconfirmed.
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RegionMiddle Orinoco Basin, forming a linguistic island within northern llanos areas of Venezuela and Colombia. 1 Proto-Language StatusNo published proto-Piaroa-Saliban reconstruction was found; the family's internal relationships rest on comparative lexical evidence rather than a formal reconstruction. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Piaroa-Saliban languages
WikipediaIntroduction, first sentence
The Piaroa-Saliban, also known as Saliban (Spanish: Sálivan), are a small language family of the middle Orinoco Basin
Languages section
The extinct Ature language, once spoken on the Orinoco River near the waterfalls of Atures, Venezuela, is unattested but was said to be little different from Saliba
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