The Pareci–Xingu languages, also known as Paresi–Waura or Central Maipurean, are Maipurean / Arawakan languages of the Bolivian and western Brazilian Amazon.
Languages
Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:
*Paresí group
**
Paresí also known as Parecís, Haliti
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Saraveca
Saraveca is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia by the Sarave. It is saidEncyclopædia Britannica, "Numerals and numeral systems". to be the only language with a numeral system based exclusively on five, although quinary systems e ...
also known as Sarave ''(†)''
*Waurá group
**
Waura–
Mehináku also known as Wauja, Meinaku
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Yawalapiti
The Yawalapiti (also Jaulapiti, Yaulapiti, or Yawalapití) are an indigenous tribe in the Amazonian Basin of Brazil. The name is also spelled Iaualapiti in Portuguese. The current village Yawalapiti is situated more to the south, between the Tu ...
also known as Jaulapiti
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Custenau also known as Kustenaú ''(†)''
More recent works by Fabre (2005) as well as Brandão and Facundes (2007) include
Enawene Nawe in a subgroup with
Paresí.
References
Arawakan languages
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