Arawakan
Let an agent explain the Arawakan language family and its classification, relay branches, members and history from linguistic sources with attribution, describe contested groupings such as Arawan, and distinguish Arawakan from Arawan, Cariban and Tupian families and from the Arawak people.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Arawakan language family and its classification, relay branches, members and history from linguistic sources with attribution, describe contested groupings such as Arawan, and distinguish Arawakan from Arawan, Cariban and Tupian families and from the Arawak people.
A family of indigenous languages of South America and historically the Caribbean, the most widespread in the region, spoken from Central America to the Gran Chaco, including the Maipuran core with Northern, Southern and Pre-Andine branches, extinct Caribbean languages such as Taino, and proposed wider groupings such as Arawan, which most linguists now treat as a separate family; the registry aliases include subgroup and regional names such as Pidjanan, Lower Ucayali and Borari.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language family.
It can be explain classification; relay branches and history; describe contested groupings; distinguish related families.
Distinguishing features
Widest South American family
Maipuran core
Caribbean extinct members
Contested outer groupings
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a language family.
Physical character
languages: about 40-60 living count - estimates
speakers: about 500000 count - estimates
range: Central America to Argentina note
How it is recognised
Widespread South American language family
Maipuran, Northern and Pre-Andine branches, Pidjanan, Lower Ucayali, Borari; Arawan as a contested link
Arawan is a separate family; Cariban and Tupian are other families; the Arawak are a people
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
has as core - the Maipuran branch
is contrasted with - a separate family
is spoken by - peoples among others
In practice
Families and kinds
Northern Maipuran languages
Southern and Pre-Andine Maipuran languages
Caribbean Arawakan languages such as Taino and Garifuna
subgroups such as Pidjanan and Lower Ucayali
regional varieties such as Borari
proposed wider groupings including Arawan
Identifiers
Glottolog araw1281 Arawakan
Standards and regulation
Indigenous language protection laws in South American states
ISO 639 codes for member languages
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing Arawakan with Arawan
Registry aliases mixing subgroups and contested families
Language endangerment
Also called
+21
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Arawakan is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the Arawakan family, and how does it differ from Arawan, Cariban and Tupian and from the Arawak people, as linguists describe? definition
- Is the question about the family, a branch, a language or a people? boundary
Branches
Branches.
Branches
Branches.
- What are the Northern, Southern and Pre-Andine Maipuran branches and subgroups such as Pidjanan and Lower Ucayali? definition
- Which entry fits the specific branch? action
History History.
Attribution.
Spread
Spread.
Spread
Spread.
- How did Arawakan languages spread across South America and the Caribbean, with hypotheses attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Contact
Contact and loss.
Contact
Contact.
- How did colonisation affect Arawakan languages such as Taino, and which survive? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Features Features.
Science.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What grammatical features characterise Arawakan languages? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific language? action
Debates
Classification debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about Arawan, Macro-Arawakan and internal classification, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Context Today.
Context.
Status
Status and revitalisation.
Status
Status.
- What is the status of Arawakan languages today, and what revitalisation efforts exist? provenance
- Which entry fits language revitalization? action
Peoples
Peoples.
Peoples
Peoples.
- Which peoples speak Arawakan languages, using their own names? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific people? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Maipuran branches and Taino be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming subgroups and the contested Arawan family; should they be split off?