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Arawakan languages

The Arawakan languages are a family of languages of South America and the Caribbean, spoken from the Andes and Amazonia to the Antilles. Before the Spanish conquest they included Taíno in the Greater Antilles and the Island Carib language of the Lesser Antilles, ancestor of Garifuna. Living members include Wayuu, Asháninka and Garifuna in Central America.

Arawakan languages
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Garifuna of Saint Vincent

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Arawakan languages. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/arawakan-languages
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The Epoch Institute. “Arawakan languages.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/arawakan-languages.
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