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Morique (Morike) is an extinct, poorly attested
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 ...
that was spoken between the
Ucayali River The Ucayali River (, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón river, Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of ...
and Javari River in
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. It is closely related to Chamicuro.


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