Arawakan


a family of numerous and widely scattered languages spoken formerly from florida to chile but now only in south america.
a member of a group of indian peoples who spoke these languages.
of or belonging to this language family or its speakers or to the .
historical examples

in the languages of this region there are to be detected perhaps a few loan-words from arawakan or cariban dialects.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 14, slice 4 various

in the east also there are evidences of the influence of arawakan culture from the west indies.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 14, slice 4 various

noun
a family of american indian languages found throughout ne south america
adjective
of or relating to the peoples speaking these languages

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