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Paresi–Waura languages

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Pareci–Xingu
Central Maipurean
Geographic
distribution
Brazil, Bolivia
Linguistic classificationArawakan
  • Southern ?
    • Pareci–Xingu
Language codes
Glottologcent2226

The Pareci–Xingu languages, also known as Paresi–Waura or Central Maipurean, are Maipurean / Arawakan languages of the Bolivian and western Brazilian Amazon.

Languages

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Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:

More recent works by Fabre (2005) as well as Brandão and Facundes (2007) include Enawene Nawe in a subgroup with Paresí.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Brandão, Ana Paula Barros (2014). "A reference grammar of Paresi-Haliti (Arawak)" (PDF). pp. 6–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-21.