Arawakan languages

The arawakischen languages are native to South America and the Caribbean indigenous language family.

The name Arawak originally designated exclusively an influential tribe in Guyana and Suriname. This strain was an ally of the Spaniards in the war against Caribbean groups which traditional enemies of the Arawak were. From their language there are older descriptions. In Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and Venezuela it is spoken today.

The languages referred to as arawakisch were recognized in the late 19th century as a separate language group. In almost all today " arawakisch " mentioned languages is the prefix of the first person singular nu -, but used the actual Arawakisch ta -. Other similarities include the prefix of the second person singular pi, the Relativpräfix ka- and ma - Negativpräfix.

In recent decades, this undoubtedly related languages of the North American taxonomists in Maipurisch (English Maipuran ) have been renamed in order to distinguish it from a larger, hypothetical language family, which is also called " Arawakisch ".