Kariaí language

Kariaí
Kariaí
Cariyai
Native to	Brazil
Region	Roraima
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Arawakan Northern Upper Amazonian (unclassified) Kariaí; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qce Kariaí
	qrs Kariay
Glottolog	cari1280

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

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

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

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