Ta-Arawakan languages

Ta-Arawakan
Caribbean
Geographic distribution	Caribbean and Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast)
Linguistic classification	Arawakan Northern (Caribbean) Ta-Arawakan
Subdivisions	Iñeri Ta-Arawakan proper
Language codes
Glottolog	cari1281

The Ta-Arawakan languages, AKA Ta-Maipurean and Caribbean, are the indigenous languages of the Caribbean Sea parts of northern South America. They are distinguished by the use of ta- rather than common Maipurean / Arawakan na- for the pronoun "I".

Languages

Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:

• Taíno
• Guajiro AKA Wahiro
  • Wayuu AKA Guajiro, Wahiro
  • Paraujano AKA Parauhano (†)
  • Arawák AKA Lokono
• Iñeri AKA Inyeri
  • Kalhíphona AKA Island Carib (†)
  • Garífuna AKA Black Carib

Aikhenvald adds Shebayo, which Kaufman had left unclassified, and removes Iñeri from Ta-Arawakan proper:

Caribbean Arawakan

• Iñeri AKA Inyeri
  • Kalhíphona AKA Island Carib (†)
  • Garífuna AKA Black Carib
• Ta-Arawakan
  • Taíno
  • Wayuu AKA Guajiro
  • Parauhano AKA Añun (†)
  • Arawák AKA Lokono
  • Shebayo
  • Caquetio