Ticuna–Yuri languages

Ticuna–Yuri is a small family, perhaps even a dialect continuum, consisting of at least two, and perhaps three, known languages of South America: the major western Amazonian language Ticuna, the poorly attested and extinct Yurí, and the scarcely known language of the largely uncontacted Carabayo. Kaufman (2007: 68) also adds Munichi to the family.^[2]

Ticuna–Yuri
Geographic distribution	western Amazon
Linguistic classification	Duho (proposed) Ticuna–Yuri
Subdivisions	Tïcuna Yuri † Carabayo[1] ? Munichi †
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	ticu1244

Kaufman (1990, 1994) argues that the connection between the two is convincing even with the limited information available. Carvalho (2009) presented "compelling" evidence for the family (Campbell 2012).^[3]

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Andoke-Urekena, Arawak, Arutani, Máku, and Tukano language families due to contact.^[4]

Bibliography

• Anderson, D. (1962). Conversational Ticuna. Yarinacocha: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• Anderson, L. (1961). Vocabulario breve del idioma ticuna. Tradición, 8:53-68.
• de Alviano, F. (1944). Gramática, dictionário, verbos e frases e vocabulário prático da léngua dos índios ticunas. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional.
• Goulard, J.; Rodriguez Montes, M. E. (2013). Los yurí/juri-tikuna en el complejo socio-lingüístico del Noroeste Amazónico. LIAMES, 13:7-65.
• Montes Rodríguez, M. E. (2003). Morfosintaxis de la lengua Tikuna (Amazonía colombiana). (CESO-CCELA, Descripciones, 15). Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes.