Paresi–Waura languages

Pareci–Xingu
Pareci–Xingu
Central Maipurean
Geographic; distribution	Brazil, Bolivia
Linguistic classification	Arawakan Southern ? Pareci–Xingu; ;
Glottolog	cent2226

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:

Pareci–Xingu
- Paresí group
  - Paresí also known as Parecís, Haliti
  - Saraveca also known as Sarave †
- Waurá group
  - Waura–Mehináku also known as Wauja, Meinaku
  - Yawalapiti also known as Jaulapiti
  - 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.^[1]

References

↑ Brandão, Ana Paula Barros (2014). "A reference grammar of Paresi-Haliti (Arawak)" (PDF). pp. 6–7. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

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[Brandao2014-1] Brandão, Ana Paula Barros (2014). "A reference grammar of Paresi-Haliti (Arawak)" (PDF). pp. 6–7. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

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