Langenesis

Arawakan family

Proto-Arawakan

c. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Arawakan (c. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Arawakan language family, with 5 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Arawakan on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Arawakan (Maipurean) family, the most widespread family in the pre-Columbian Americas. Homeland (northwestern Amazonia vs. elsewhere) and dating are contested.

Descendants 4

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