Taranoan languages

Taranoan
Geographic; distribution	Brazil, Suriname, Colombia
Linguistic classification	Cariban Guianan Carib Taranoan; ;
Glottolog	tara1324

The Taranoan languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Brazil, Suriname, and Colombia.[1]

Languages

The Taranoan languages according to Sérgio Meira (2006) are:[2]^:169

Meira (2006) considers Tiriyó and Akuriyó to be closer to each other than they are to Karihona.[2]

With approximately 2,000 speakers, Tiriyó is the only language that is not close to extinction. Akuriyó and Karihona each have only a few elderly speakers left.

References

Meira, Sérgio. 1998. A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology. M.A. dissertation. Rice University.
Meira, Sérgio. 2006. A família lingüística Caribe (Karíb). Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas v.3, n.1/2, p.157-174. Brasília: FUNAI. (PDF)

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[1] Meira, Sérgio. 1998. A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology. M.A. dissertation. Rice University.

[Meira-2006-2] Meira, Sérgio. 2006. A família lingüística Caribe (Karíb). Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas v.3, n.1/2, p.157-174. Brasília: FUNAI. (PDF)