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    Puinave, Waipunavi (Guaipunabi) or Wanse (Wã́nsöjöt [ˈw̃ã́nsɤhɤt]; Puinave: Wãnsöhöt) is an indigenous language of Colombia and Venezuela. It is generally...
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  • languages to the Nadahup family. The Puinave language is sometimes linked specifically with the Nadahup languages and Nukak-Kakwa group, as Puinave–Maku...
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  • Maku people (redirect from Macu language)
    related to the Piaroa language spoken today. It was documented in a 38-word list by Humboldt (1822:155-157). the Puinave language along the Negro and Japurá...
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    A language isolate is a language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with any other languages. Basque in Europe, Ainu and Burushaski in Asia...
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    The Nukak language (Nukak Makú: Guaviare) is a language of uncertain classification, perhaps part of the macrofamily Puinave-Maku. It is very closely related...
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    Bororo, Karaja, Macro-Mataguayo-Guaykuru, Takana, Nadahup, and Puinave-Kak language families due to contact. When the Portuguese arrived in Brazil, they...
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    Chibchan languages. Aspirated stops are used in Quechua and Aymaran languages, but in general they are rare. Also, palatalized consonants as in the Puinave language...
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    Pano-Takana, Pano, Takana, Puinave-Nadahup, Taruma, Tupi, Urarina, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Zaparo, Saliba-Hodi, and Tikuna-Yuri language families due to contact...
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    and Bolaños (2017) accept the unity of the four Nadahup languages, but do not consider Puinave to be related. Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical...
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    (Chile) (also known as Guenaken, Gennaken, Pampa, Pehuenche, Ranquelche) † Puinave (also known as Makú) Puquina (Bolivia) † Purian (2) † Quechuan (46) Rikbaktsá...
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    Colombia. Most of these languages are classified into 10 linguistic families: Chibcha, Arawak, Carib, Quechua, Tukano, Guahibo, Makú-Puinave, Bora-Witoto, Piaroa-Sáliba...
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    Catuquina, Ticuna, Muniche, Auaque, Caliana, 'Maku', Yuri, Canichana, Mobima Puinave Equatorial Arawak Chapacura-Uanhaman, Chamicuro, Apolista, Amuesha, Araua...
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    similarities with the Irantxe, Puinave-Kak, and Arawa language families due to contact. Below is a full list of Chapacuran language varieties listed by Loukotka...
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    Yanomami, Arawak, Nadahup, Puinave-Kak, and Tupi language families due to contact. Arauan consists of half a dozen languages: Arawá † Kulina Deni Jamamadi...
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    – Bolivia Puinave – Colombia, Venezuela Jolkesky (2016) lists 43 language families and 66 language isolates (and/or unclassified languages) in South America...
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    of Kakua. Utrecht: LOT. ISBN 978-94-6093-215-1. Fabre, Alain (2015). "PUINAVE-MAKU" (PDF). Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos...
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    Venezuela: Puinave (550) Joti (1,500) The experts differ about the classification of these languages, and there are doubts whether these languages should...
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  • similarities with the Warao, Chibchan, Puinave-Kak, Jirajara, Tukano (especially Cubeo and Wanano), Arutani, and Máku language families due to contact. Similarities...
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    attributed to language contact. Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Yanomami, Arawak, Nadahup, Puinave-Kak, Bora-Muinane...
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    Guainía Department (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    composed of Amerindians, and the largest ethnic groups are the Puinaves (from the makú-puinave family) and the curripacos (from the Arawak family). There...
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    similarities with the Irantxe, Taruma, Katukina-Katawixi, Puinave-Kak, Tupi, Arawa, Guahibo, and Jivaro language families due to contact. Yanomami is not what the...
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  • An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...
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    there are lexical similarities with the Sape, Timote-Kuika, and Puinave-Kak language families due to contact. Based on the little documentation that exists...
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  • Mura-Matanawi, Puinave-Nadahup, Taruma, Tupi, Yanomami, and Arawak language families due to contact. This suggests that Katukinan and the language families...
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    Huari Iranshe Kaliana–Maku Koaia Movima Muniche Nambikwara Natu Pankaruru Puinave Shukuru Ticuna–Yuri Tucanoan Uman Ge–Pano–Carib Macro-Carib Andoke Bora–Uitoto...
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    notes that there are lexical similarities with the Karib, Puinave-Nadahup, and Tupi language families due to contact. Loukotka (1968) lists the following...
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  • Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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    that there are lexical similarities with the Pano, Puinave-Nadahup, Tupian, and Arawakan language families due to contact. Similarities with Tupian may...
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    speak the Spanish language. Sixty-five Amerindian languages, two Creole languages, the Portuguese language and the Romanian language are also spoken in...
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  • Phoneme (category Articles containing Icelandic-language text)
    by varying the phonation. As regards consonant phonemes, Puinave and the Papuan language Tauade each have just seven, and Rotokas has only six. !Xóõ...
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