South America was populated relatively recently, probably around 15,000 years ago. Yet, instead of finding a relatively small number of language families, we fi

South America was populated relatively recently, probably around 15,000 years ago. Yet, instead of finding a relatively small number of language families, we fi

Amazonian Spanish: Language contact and evolution explores the unique origins, linguistic features, and geo-political situation of the Spanish that has emerged

Ashéninka Perené belongs to the Kampa group of the Arawak family, located in the central Peruvian Amazon in the foothills of the Andes mountains. While limite

This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupés river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazi