Paresi–Waura languages

The Pareci–Xingu languages, also known as Paresi–Waura or Central Maipurean, are Maipurean / Arawakan languages of the Bolivian and western Brazilian Amazon.

Languages

Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown:

• Pareci–Xingu
• Paresí group
• Paresí also known as Parecís, Haliti
• Saraveca also known as Sarave
• Waurá group
• Waura–Mehináku also known as Wauja, Meinaku
• Yawalapiti also known as Jaulapiti
• Kustenau also known as Kustenaú

More recent works by Fabre (2005) as well as Brandão and Facundes (2007) include Enawene Nawe in a subgroup with Paresí.

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