Cariban family

Makushi

1500 CE – today Living

Makushi (1500 CE – today) is a living Cariban language. Lineage: Proto-Cariban → Makushi.

See Makushi on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
mbc
Glottocode
macu1259

Pemongan (Venezuelan) Cariban, spoken in Guyana, the Brazilian state of Roraima and Venezuela.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Caribanc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  2. Makushi1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Cariban.

Sources