Guaicuruan (Guaykuruan, Waikurúan, Guaycuruano, Guaikurú, Guaicuru, Guaycuruana) is a language family spoken in northern Argentina , western Paraguay , and Brazil ( Mato Grosso do Sul ). The speakers of the languages are often collectively called the Guaycuru peoples . For the most part, the Guaycuruans lived in the Gran Chaco and were nomadic and warlike, until finally subdued by the various countries of the region in the 19th century.
2-608: Jorge A. Suárez includes Guaicuruan with Charruan in a hypothetical Waikuru-Charrúa stock. Morris Swadesh includes Guaicuruan along with Matacoan , Charruan , and Mascoian within his Macro-Mapuche stock. Both proposals appear to be obsolete. There is a clear binary split between Northern Guaicuruan (Kadiwéu) and Southern Guaicuruan according to Nikulin (2019). Guaicuruan/Waikurúan languages are often classified as follows: Abipón, Guachí, and Payaguá all are extinct . Lyle Campbell (2012) classifies Guachi and Payagua each as language isolates . Harriet Klein argues against
4-524: The assumption that Kadiweu is Guaicuruan. Most others accept the inclusion of Kadiweu into the family. The Guachi were absorbed by the Mbayá. The similarities with the Mbayá language may be due to borrowing rather than a familial relationship. Internal classification of the Guaicuruan languages by Mason (1950): Possible or doubtful Guaicuruan languages listed by Mason (1950): Loukotka (1968) lists
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