The Taranoan languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Brazil, Suriname, and Colombia.[1]

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Languages

The Taranoan languages according to Sérgio Meira (2006) are:[2]^: 169

• Karihona (Carijona)
• Akuriyó
• Tiriyó

Meira (2006) considers Tiriyó and Akuriyó to be closer to each other than they are to Karihona.[2]

With approximately 2,000 speakers, Tiriyó is the only language that is not close to extinction. Akuriyó and Karihona each have only a few elderly speakers left.

References

Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms at Appendix:Proto-Taranoan reconstructions