Mura–Matanawi

Macro-Warpean languages

Macro-Warpean languages

Proposed language family of South America

Macro-Warpean (or Macro-Huarpean) is a provisional proposal by Kaufman (1994) that connected the extinct Huarpe language with the previously connected Muran and Matanawí (Mura–Matanawí).[1] Morris Swadesh had included Huarpe in his Macro-Jibaro proposal.[2]

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Language contact

For the Mura-Matanawi languages, Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kwaza, Taruma, Katukina-Katawixi, Arawak, Jeoromitxi, Tupi, and Arawa language families due to contact.[3]

Comparison

Comparison of basic vocabulary in Matanawí and Mura-Pirahã by Diego Valio Antunes Alves (2019: 86),[4] with data of both languages cited from Curt Nimuendajú (1925):[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
  2. [2]
    Payne, David Lawrence. 1981. "Bosquejo fonológico del Proto-Shuar-Candoshi: evidencias para una relación genética." Revista del Museo Nacional 45. 323-377.
  3. [3]
    Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
  4. [4]
    Valio Antunes Alves, Diego. 2019. Langue matanawí: Description phonologique et proposition de classification linguistique. M.A. dissertation, Université de la Sorbonne. 86 pp.
  5. [5]
    Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925. As Tribus do Alto Madeira. Journal de la Société des Américanistes XVII. 137-172. (PDF)


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