Kariaí (Cariyai) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified

Arawakan language Arawakan (''Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper''), also known as Maipurean (also ''Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre''), is a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America. Branch ...

. Kaufman (1994) placed it in his Manao (Middle Rio Negro) branch, but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).

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Indigenous languages of the South American Northern Foothills Arawakan languages Languages of Brazil {{Arawakan-lang-stub