****Arawan (also Arahuan, Arauan, Arawán, Arawa, Arauán) is a family of languages spoken in western Brazil (Amazonas, Acre) and Peru (Ucayali).

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Chapakura-Wañam, Jivaro, Kwaza, Maku, Mura-Matanawi, Taruma, Yanomami, Arawak, Nadahup, Puinave-Kak, and Tupi language families due to contact.

Family division

Arauan consists of half a dozen languages:

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016): ( = extinct)

Dienst (2010)

Internal classification by Dienst (2010):

Mason (1950)

Arauá internal classification by Mason (1950):

Other varieties

Unattested varieties listed by Loukotka (1968):

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items. ! gloss !! Arauá !! Yamamadi !! Paumari !! Curina !! Madiha ! one ! two ! three ! head ! eye ! hand ! water ! fire ! sun ! maize ! tapir ! house

Proto-language

Below are selected Proto-Arawá (Proto-Arawan) reconstructions of flora and fauna names by Dixon (2004):

Flora

! Proto-Arawá !! English gloss !! Portuguese gloss

Fauna

Mammals

! Proto-Arawá !! English gloss !! Portuguese gloss

Birds

! Proto-Arawá !! English gloss !! Portuguese gloss

Fish

! Proto-Arawá !! English gloss !! Portuguese gloss

Other animals

! Proto-Arawá !! English gloss !! Portuguese gloss