Carutana (sometimes known as "Arara do Amazonas") is an Arawakan language of
South America, spoken by 300 people in Brazil. The language was once spoken in Colombia as well, but there are no Carutana speakers remaining
in Colombia today. Another extinct Colombian language, known variously as Iyäine, Kumandene, and Jurupari-Tapuya, may have been a dialect of Carutana
or may have been a distinct language-- it is so little-attested that it is impossible to say for sure. (The word "Tapuya" means "foreigners"
in the Tupi languages of Colombia and Brazil, so the Tupi names of many different non-Tupi tribes end with that suffix.)
Carutana Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Carutana language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.
Carutana Language:
Demographic information on Carutana from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Karutana:
Carutana language information in Spanish.
Indian tribes
Carutana Vocabulary:
Contacts and FAQ page
