The Arawakan languages (also Arahuacan, Arawakanas, Arahuacano, Maipurean, Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúrean) are a hypothetical indigenous
language family of
South America and the
Caribbean. Originally the name
Arawak was used exclusively for a powerful tribe in
Guyana and
Suriname. The tribe became allies of the Spanish because they traditionally were enemies of the
Carib groups with whom the Spanish were at war. Forms of the Arawak language are still spoken in
Suriname.
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