
Ticuna–Yuri languages
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Tïcuna–Yuri is a proposed connection between two language isolates of South America, the major western Amazonian language Tïcuna
, and the poorly attested Yurí. Kaufman (1990, 1994) argues that the connection between the two is convincing even with the limited information available.
Ticuna language
Tïcuna, or Tïkuna, is a language spoken by approximately 40,000 people in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. It is the native language of the Tïcuna people. Tïcuna is generally classified as a language isolate, but may be related to the extinct Yuri language...
, and the poorly attested Yurí. Kaufman (1990, 1994) argues that the connection between the two is convincing even with the limited information available.