The name Maipure was given to the family by Filippo S. Gilij in 1782, after the Maipure language of Venezuela, which he used as a basis of his comparisons. It was renamed after the culturally more important Arawak language a … 查看更多內容

The Arawakan linguistic matrix hypothesis (ALMH) suggests that the modern diversity of the Arawakan language family stems from the diversification of a trade language or lingua franca that was spoken throughout much of tropical lowland South America. Proponents of … 查看更多內容

Classification of Maipurean is difficult because of the large number of Arawakan languages that are extinct and poorly documented. … 查看更多內容

The languages called Arawakan or Maipurean were originally recognized as a separate group in the late nineteenth century. Almost all the languages now called Arawakan … 查看更多內容

As one of the most geographically widespread language families in all of the Americas, Arawakan linguistic influence can be found in many language families of South America. Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arawa, Bora-Muinane 查看更多內容

In 1783, the Italian priest Filippo Salvatore Gilii recognized the unity of the Maipure language of the Orinoco and Moxos of Bolivia; he … 查看更多內容

The Arawak word for corn is marisi, and various forms of this word are found among the related languages:
Lokono, marisi, Guyana. Taíno, mahisi, Greater Antilles. Cauixana, mazy, Rio Jupura. Wayuu, maikki, Goajira Peninsula. Passes, mary, … 查看更多內容