Macro-Warpean (or Macro-Huarpean) is a provisional proposal by Kaufman (1994) that connected the extinct Huarpe language with the previously connected
Muran and
Matanawí ''(Mura–Matanawí)''.
Morris Swadesh had included Huarpe in his
Macro-Jibaro
The Macro-Jibaro proposal, also known as ''(Macro-)Andean'', is a language proposal of Morris Swadesh and other historical linguists. The two families, Jivaroan and Cahuapanan are most frequently linked, the isolates less often. Documentatio ...
proposal.
Language contact
For the Mura-Matanawi languages, Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the
Kwaza,
Taruma,
Katukina-Katawixi,
Arawak
The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Great ...
,
Jeoromitxi,
Tupi, and
Arawa language families due to contact.
Comparison
Comparison of basic vocabulary in
Matanawí and
Mura-Pirahã by Diego Valio Antunes Alves (2019: 86),
[Valio Antunes Alves, Diego. 2019. ''Langue matanawí: Description phonologique et proposition de classification linguistique''. M.A. dissertation, Université de la Sorbonne. 86 pp.] with data of both languages cited from
Curt Nimuendajú
Curt Unckel Nimuendajú (born Curt Unckel; 18 April 1883 – 10 December 1945) was a German- Brazilian ethnologist, anthropologist, and writer. His works are fundamental for the understanding of the religion and cosmology of some native Brazilia ...
(1925):
[Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925]
As Tribus do Alto Madeira
''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'' XVII. 137-172.
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References
Indigenous languages of South America
Proposed language families
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