10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARAWAKAN»
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Arawakan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Comparative
Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family ...
Comparative Arawakan Histories, in paperback for the first time, examines social structures, political hierarchies, rituals, religious movements, gender relations, and linguistic variations through historical perspectives to document ...
Jonathan David Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero, 2006
2
Puerto Ricans in the United States
The Puerto Rican people speak a Spanish language into which Arawakan and
African words have been incorporated. Arawakan words that are used in the
Spanish language, and have an English counterpart, are canoa (canoe),
barbacoa ...
María Pérez y González, 2000
3
Handbook of Amazonian Languages
David L. Payne Summer Institute of Linguistics 0 Introduction 1 An overview of
the Arawakan language family 2 Previous comparative studies of Maipuran 3
Aspects of Maipuran grammatical structure 4 Noun classifiers 5 Preliminary ...
Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 1991
4
New International Encyclopedia
A noted group of tribes occupying the Province of Moxos, on the upper region of
the Mamor£ and Beni rivers, in northeastern Bolivia, and speaking a language of
the widespread Arawakan stock (q.v.). By submitting themselves to the Inca ...
5
The New international encyclopaedia
ABAWAKAN ABBITBAGE earliest discoveries in Arawakan territory, and the
names preserved from Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas are readily explained from
the existing dialects of this stock. The Arawakan tribes were pressed upon by the
...
Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams, 1918
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Migrations in Prehistory: Inferring Population Movement from ...
76-78) considered it a direct offshoot of Proto-Arawakan. Taylor (1977b, p. 60),
who worked with a larger number of cognates, has instead derived Taino from
Proto-Maipuran, a division of Proto-Arawakan, "if not" from Proto-Northern, ...
7
Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages
ABBREVIATIONS Families, stocks, and other linguistic groups Algonkian
Arawakan Chibchan Chiapanee-Mangue, Otomanguean Curipaco-Maniba,
Arawakan Eastern Newiki, Arawakan Gulf Hokan Harakbut, Arawakan Isthmus
Zapotec, ...
8
The Wanano Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: A Sense of Space
However, the confederations that reportedly cohered under a paramount chief
occurred mainly among Arawakan Tariana and Baniwa subdivisions. If, as
evidence suggests, Arawakan-speaking groups moved westward from the Rio
Negro ...
9
Macro-
Arawakan Languages
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Arawakan Languages: Maipurean Languages, Arawak Peoples, Ta ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARAWAKAN»
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Arawakan is used in the context of the following news items.
Nature Valley returns to St. Martin Book Fair 2015, with arrowroot …
The origin of the name arrowroot might be the Arawakan term aru-aru (“meal of meals”). According to wikipedia, “Archaeological studies in the ... «SKNVibes.com, May 15»
A need to help: USM standout embodies spirit of season
Along the way, though, the standout junior defensive tackle — who speaks English, but is also fluent in Garifuna, an offshoot of the Arawakan ... «Hattiesburg American, Nov 14»
From Head-Ball to Hunter-Gatherers: The True Story of the Mashco …
The Mashco-Piro and other regional groups such as the Piro, Matsigenka and Ashaninka are cultural heirs to the Arawakan-speaking peoples ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Sep 14»
Protecting the heritage languages of T&T
... such as Taino (an Arawakan language) of the Bahamas and Greater Antilles, as well as West African languages, Danish in the Virgin Islands, ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 14»
'Barbecue' vs. 'Cookout': What Race Has to Do With It
... no one has honored the Taino (Arawakan) people of the Caribbean region who gave us the word for grilling: "barbacoa" documented in a ... «The Root, Jun 14»
Trinidad's 'colonial' name must be changed
This is an Arawakan term. Sadly, it doesn't mean “Land of the Humming Bird”, as so many have thought. It simply means 'the island'.”. «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Feb 14»
The Amerindian nations meet the Europeans
The second is Arawakan, taking its name from the Arawaks (Lokono), but which in this country also includes the Wapishanas. Having said that ... «Stabroek News, Sep 13»
Tough Call: Exploring The History Of Our Ancient Bahamas
#In his book, Granberry notes that in pre-Columbian times, Arawakan languages were spoken from the northern Bahamas all the way to Bolivia ... «Bahamas Tribune, Jul 13»
Remote Cultures Come Face to Face in Washington DC
Suspecting he might find a cognate language (Garifuna is an Arawakan language with elements of Spanish), he began quizzing the Colombian ... «National Geographic, Jul 13»
Modern Lessons From a Lost Language
An article from the NYT reports that New York City is home to about 800 languages, such as Garifuna (an Arawakan language that originated ... «Scientific American, Feb 13»
