The internal classification of the Arawan languages

Abstract

The Arawan language family of south-western Amazonia was named after the extinct Arawá language, which is only known from a short wordlist collected by William Chandless in 1867. This paper investigates what Chandless’s list tells us about the position of Arawá within the family and what can currently be said about the relationship between the living Arawan languages.

Keywords

• Família arawá. Linguística histórica. Classificação linguística.