Multilingual and Monolingual Placenames in Tariana
Abstract Tariana is the only Arawak language spoken in the linguistic area of the Vaupes River basin of Amazonia, along with a number of East Tucanoan languages. The Tariana people are thought to be the most recent arrivals in the region. The indigenous inhabitants of the area are obligatorily multi...
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Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1996-12-01
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Series: | Names |
Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1471 |