The Piaroa–Saliban , also known as Saliban (in spanish : Sálivan ), are a small proposed language family of the middle Orinoco Basin , which forms an independent island within an area of Venezuela and Colombia (northern llanos ) dominated by peoples of Carib and Arawakan affiliation.
4-662: Betoi may be related. Piaroa and Wirö (or "Maco") form a Piaroan branch of the family. The extinct Ature language , once spoken on the Orinoco River near the waterfalls of Atures , Venezuela, is unattested but was said to be 'little different' from Saliba , and so may have formed a Saliban branch of the family. Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Andoke–Urekena , Arawak , Máku , Tukano , and Yaruro language families due to contact. Lozano (2014:212) has also noted similarities between
8-612: A Duho family along with Ticuna–Yuri . Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Piaroa–Saliban languages. Rosés Labrada (2019) lists the following Swadesh-list items that are reconstructable to Proto-Sáliban. Betoi language Betoi ( Betoy ) or Betoi-Jirara is an extinct language of Colombia and Venezuela , south of the Apure River near the modern border with Colombia. The names Betoi and Jirara are those of two of its peoples/dialects;
12-598: The Saliba- Hodi and Arawakan languages . Zamponi (2017) notes resemblances between the extinct Betoi language and Piaroa–Saliban. He considers a genealogical relationship plausible, though data on Betoi is scarce. There are lexical similarities with the Hotï language (Jodï), and this has been interpreted as evidence for a Jodï–Saliban language family. However, the similarities have also been explained as contact. Jolkesky (2009) includes Piaroa-Saliba, Betoi and Hodi in
16-572: The language proper has no known name. At contact, Betoi was a local lingua franca spoken between the Uribante and Sarare rivers and along the Arauca . Enough was recorded for a brief grammatical monograph to be written (Zamponi 2003). Betoi is generally seen as an isolate, though Kaufman (2007) included it in Macro-Paesan . Zamponi (2017) finds enough lexical resemblances between Betoi and
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