Macro-Warpean languages


Macro-Warpean is a provisional proposal by Kaufman that connected the extinct Huarpe language with the previously connected Muran and Matanawí . Morris Swadesh had included Huarpe in his Macro-Jibaro proposal.

Language contact

For the Mura-Matanawi languages, Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kwaza, Taruma, Katukina-Katawixi, Arawak, Jeoromitxi, Tupi, and Arawa language families due to contact.

Comparison

Comparison of basic vocabulary in Matanawí and Mura-Pirahã by Diego Valio Antunes Alves, with data of both languages cited from Curt Nimuendajú :