Kariaí language

Extinct Arawakan language of Brazil

Kariaí (Cariyai) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. Kaufman (1994) placed it in his Manao (Middle Rio Negro) branch, but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).

References

1. Campbell, Lyle. 1997. American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America, 180-181. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195094271