Arutani-Sape languages

Arutani-Sape languages

Infobox Language family
name=Arutane-Sape
altname=Kalianan
region=Amazon
familycolor=American
fam1=Macro-Puinavean ?
child1="Arutani"
child2="Sape"The Arutani-Sape are an endangered language familycite book|last=Weinstein|first=Jay A. |title=Social and Cultural Change: Social Science for a Dynamic World|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2005-02-28|pages=p94|isbn=0742525732|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wwDfXLLM-fsC&pg=PA94&dq=Arutani&as_brr=3&ei=gtuHSPebBIqeswPw0f3EDg&sig=ACfU3U1w9TUAusk8AQh3_VfYsOLhGYKDOw] that includes two languages which are mainly spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. They are almost extinct. They are only distantly related, but Kaufman (1990) finds the connection convincing.

I. Arutanicite book|last=Moseley|first=Christopher|title=Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages|publisher=Routledge|date=2007-04-23|pages=p177|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dQt6XWloU10C&pg=PA177&dq=Arutani&as_brr=3&ei=gtuHSPebBIqeswPw0f3EDg&sig=ACfU3U1XNYJZA_N0ixmdg_RxtcSuVFu_0Q] (also known as Aoaqui, Auake, Auaque, Awake, Oewaku, Orotani, Uruak, Urutani)

II. Sapecite book|last=Moseley|first=Christopher|title=Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages|publisher=Routledge|date=2007-04-23|pages=p164|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dQt6XWloU10C&pg=PA177&dq=Arutani&as_brr=3&ei=gtuHSPebBIqeswPw0f3EDg&sig=ACfU3U1XNYJZA_N0ixmdg_RxtcSuVFu_0Q#PPA164,M1] (also known as Caliana, Chirichano, Kaliana, Kariana)

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